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UNITED STATES HISTORY 



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BRACE SYSTEM, 



A Study of the History of the United States for the Use of 
Teacher and Pupil. 



By JOHN TRAINER, 
County Superintendent of Schools, Macon Co., 111. 




CHICAGO: 

A. FLANAGAN, Publisher. 
1883. 



COPYRIGHT BY 

JOHN TRAINER. 

1883. 



Sl.A«LY, M*RSM Ic CO., PRINTERS, CHICAOO. 



CONTENTS. 



Preface 4 

Carlyle's Opinion : 6 

Period of Discovery 7 

Colonial Period. 15 

Intercolonial Wars 39 

Revolutionary Period 47 

Constitutional Period 50 

More Queer Queries 91 

Answers TO Queer Queries 114 

Methods of Outlining 192 

Individual States 196 

Individual Territories. 209 

Origin of the Names of States 214 

Names and Mottoes of States 217 



PREFATORY AND EXPLANATORY. 



The Plan of this little book sets forth the following es- 
sential points in active school-room work : 

1. A Blackboard Analysis of each and every topic in 
United States History. 

2. Directions for Studying each immediate topic. (In 
this point the author believes that this help is necessary in al- 
most every preparation of a lesson.) 

ri. " Queer Queries " are introduced immediately after the 
reference work, in order to stimulate more reference reading. 
The author finds that his pupils not only find the answers to 
the Queries, but in doing so, they invariably fix some other 
important fact, thus not only doing a definite work, but be- 
coming familiar with authors which they would not otherwise 

read. 

4. The Daily Reviews are absolutely necessary to an en- 
tire success in the study of this branch. Without definite 
reviews the pupil will not retain the mass of facts ever ac- 
cumulating in the study of History. The teacher who fails 
to keep up constant daily reviews fails to impress these facts 
permanently upon the memory of the pupil. 

5. By the use of the Blackboard Analysis, Directions for 
Studying, Queer Queries, Daily Reviews and other numerous 
helps contained in the book, the teacher is enabled to adopt 
the topical recitation and thus make a multiplicity of texts 
not only desirable but actually beneficial and helpful. " The 
greater number of authors in the school the better," so say a 
number of teachers now using the plans as copied from Insti- 
tute Work. 



PREFATORY AND EXPLANATORY. VI 

6. The constant reference to the Constitution will give 
the pupil a fair knowledge of the principles of our Govern- 
ment by the time he completes his course in United States 
History. The teacher should introduce other questions as 
needed, from time to time. 

7. The somewhat extended list of " Queer Queries" on 
United States History enables the teacher and pupil to have a 
ready reference always at hand for the purpose of investi- 
gation. 

8. Finally, // is believed that the average pupil will 
gain a thorough k^iowledge of the subject in one half the 
time usually allotted to this study. That instead of spending 
years on the text-book "question and answer" method, he 
will gain this knowledge in one or two terms. 

When you have tried the plans as eliminated in this little 
book and are convinced of their success or foilure, then, and 
not till then, condemn or commend the school-room prod- 
uct of 

YE PEDAGOGUE. 

Decatur, III., July, 1883. 




Thomas Carlyle's Advice. 



"I can assure you on very good experience, it is far less important 
to a man that he read many books than that he read a few well, and with 
his luhole mind aivake to them. This is indisputably certain. A very small 
lot of books will serve to nourish a man's mind if he handle them well; 
and I have known innumerable people whose minds have all gone to 
ruin by reading carelessly too many boohs. As to subjects for reading, I 
recommend in general all kinds of books that will give you real infor- 
mation about men, their works and ways, past and present. History is 
evidently the grand subject a student will take to. Never read any such 
book without a map beside you ; endeavor to seek out every place the 
author names, and get a clear idea of the ground you are on ; without 
this you can never understand him, much less remember him. Mark the 
dates of the chief events and epochs ; write them ; get them fixed into 
your memory — chronology and geography are the two lamps of history." 



(Written in 1S52, to his nephew, Dr. Carlyle, of Toronto, Canada, who was then 
qualifying himself for a teacher). 



THE BR^CE: UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



STUDY I. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Periods. 



1492-1607 

1607-177S , -o 

.HHr- rL^i y Period OF ^ 

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^ Discovery. 
Settlement. 
Revolution. 
Constitution. 



Write the above form on the board, slate, or scratch-book, 
and repeat until learned. 

"From 1492 to 1607 ^^ called the Period of Discovery; 
from 1607 ^^ ^775 is called the Period of Settlement," etc. 

Questions. — Why do we adopt the date 1493 as a begin- 
ning for the time of a Period? Why do we divide the studv 
of U.S. History into Periods? How many and what Pe- 
riods? From what is each named? 

Write the form. Re- write it 
until thoroughly learned. 



Erase and write it again 



. Period of Discovery. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



r" o o 



1492 

H93 
1498 

1502 



Columbus 



" San Salvador. 

Isabella. 

S. America. 
^ Cent. America. 
Cape Breton. 
America. 



-E :;:: 1 '^y^ ^•^ yi Cabots 
H ^ 1^ 1499 Vespucci 

Write the form and repeat, " In 1492 Columbus discovered 
San Salvador; in 1493 Columbus founded Isabella on Hayti 



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Island; in 1498 Columbus discovered South America, near 
the mouth of the Orinoco River," etc. Commence the state- 
ment with " In " and simply make the best sentence to tell 
what was done. 

Directions. — i. Tell the story of Columbus's boyhood. 
2. Of his trials and triumphs in securing aid to carry out 
his undertakings. 3. Of his first voyage. 4. Of his subse- 
quent voyages. 5. Tell all about the Cabots, and what they 
did. D. Ditto Vespucci. 

queer queries. 

1. What did Columbus do with the $70 which Queen 
Isabella sent him ? 

2. How many and Vvhat countries did he visit to secure 
aid in fitting out his vessels? 

3. What did " Old King John " do when he applied to him 
for aid? 

4. Where did Columbus think the Orinoco had its source? 

5. How many times was he buried? Where is his grave 
now ? Locate the place. 

6. What did he make out of the Santa Maria? 

7. What did the Cabots take to England with them ? 

8. Why was not the continent called Columbia? 

9. What was the German geographer's name who pub- 
lished the first account of the New World ? 

10. Who first saw the land from Columbus's vessel? 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

C Palos to Gomera. 
Gomera to San Salvador. 
Tracing J San Salvador to Cuba. 
Columbus, j Cuba to Hayti. 

I Hayti to St. Mary's. 

1^ St. Mary's to Palos. 

Recited: " Columbus sailed from Palos to Gomera, from 
Gomera to San Salvador, San Salvador to Cuba," etc. 



PERIOD OF DISCOVERY. g 

Let the pupil find and locate each of the above on some 
good map. 

REVIEW. 

1. Write the form for the Periods. 

2. For the Three Great Discoverers. 

3. For tracing Columbus. 

4. Write an account of Columbus's second voyage. 

5. Tell the story of Columbus and the egg. 

6. Make out a skeleton to represent the Periods, thus: 



f - 1° 

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Periods. 4 ^^ 



Period of 



Now fill the blanks orally. 

7. Make blank skeleton for the Three Great Discoverers 
and fill in same manner. 

8. Write a short paragraph about the Cabots. 
Remarks. — Tell nothing in the language of the author. 

Use your own language. 7a/y^ and write independently. 



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STUDY II, 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



f 1512 — De Leon. 
I 1513— Balboa. 
Spanish. -\ 1520 — Magellan. 
I 1 541 — De Soto. 
Discoveries [^ 1565 — Melendez. 

r 1524 — Verrazani. 
of -I French. J 1534- Cartier. 

1^ 1605 — DeMonts. 
Nations. f 1579 — Drake. 

Eno-lish. A I £^84 \ Tj 1 
t> 1 J -t I Barlow. 

1602 — Gosnold. 
Dutch. 1609 — Hudson. 

Directions. — i. Take De Leon as a subject, and read all 
your history may say of him. If other authors are at hand, 
read their version of the same subject. Finally, settle down 
on the fact that " In 151 2 De Leon discovered Florida." 2. 
Treat the discoverers in order as arranged above, in a simi- 
lar manner. Do not undertake the study of more than one 
or two daily. 3. As you proceed be sure to write and re- 
write all the preceding forms. 4. Tell the story of De Leon 
and his discoveries. Trace him from place to place. 5. Dit- 
to for each discoverer. 6. Locate each place discovered, on 
the map [i. e.^ point out each place and tell where it is). 7 
Make a list of each group of discoverers. 



QUEER QUERIES. 



11. Why was Florida so called? South Sea? Pacific Ocean? 
California? Virginia? 

12. What was De Leon looking for? Did he find it? Why? 



PERIOD OF DISCOVERY. II 

13. Why did Balboa come to America? 

14. Why did Melendez murder the French? 

15. Why did Balboa wade into the ocean? 

16. Which discoverer drove hogs before him while travel- 
ing? 

17. Where did DeSoto leave his wife when he traveled 
through the South? Why was he buried so often? Where 
and how each time? 

18. What became of Magellan? Drake? Gosnold? 

19. Tell all you can about curious Indian mounds. 

20. After whom should this continent have been named? 
Why? 

21. What was the Astrolabe, as used by Columbus? 

23. What did Columbus do when he first stepped on 
American soil? 

23. What did the Indians think the ships of Columbus 
were ? 

24. What explorer was left on Hudson's Bay to perish 
with his son and four companions? 

25. Is the chicken a native of America? The turkey? 
The horse? The sheep? 

26. What did Columbus believe Hayti to be? 

27. What is the only marsupial of America? 

28. What early explorer lies under a pair of stairs in Que- 
bec? 

29. What noted explorer lies in the mud of the Mississippi? 

30. What is the oldest town in the United States? 

REVIEW. 

9. Write about each of the explorers in turn. 

10. What part of the United States did each nation claim, 
and why? 

11. How many and what nations made discoveries within 
the present boundaries of the United States? 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



13. Trace Sir Francis Drake on his voyages. 

13. Who named Virginia? Why the right to name it? 

14. Tell all you can about tobacco and the potato. 

15. Trace Hudson to his abandonment on Hudson's Bay. 

16. Which is the oldest settlement in the United States? 
In Canada? 

17. Name the four great Indian tribes. Where was each 
located ? 

1 8. Tell all you can about the Indian dress. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Claims. - 




( Florida. 

I New Mexico. 

Arcadia. 

Canada. 

Mississippi Valley. 

New Netherlands. 

N. Virginia. 

S. Virginia. 

N. Albion. 



Copy the above form neatly and carefully ; recite, " Spain 
claimed all the southeastern part of the United States under 
the name of Florida," and "the southwestern under the name 
of New Mexico." " France claimed the northeastern part of 
the United States, the northern (including Canada) and the 
whole of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley, under 
the name of Acadia, Canada, and the Mississippi Valley.' 
" Holland claimed the territory extending from the Delaware 
Bay to the Connecticut Valley, under the name of New 
Netherlands." " England claimed all of the southern part of 
the United States under the name of South Virginia, and the 
northern under the name of North Virginia, and the western 
under the name of New Albion." 



PERIOD OF DISCOVERY. I 3 

QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS. 

After a careful study of the map tell what claims over- 
lapped. 

19. The overlapping of claims would probably lead to 
what? Why was New Albion so called? Virginia? Florida? 
Acadia? Canada? New Netherlands? 

20. By what right could any nation claim a new territory 
in America? 

21. By what right did the Dutch claim New Netherlands? 
The English, North and South Virginia and New Albion ? 

Remarks. — The recitation should be from the blackboard 
form, invariably. Pupils should depend entirely upon the 
memory in class recitation, 2. ^., all books and helps should be 
laid aside. More or less writing should be required at each 
recitation. Be sure that you can locate each place named in 
the text. Write the preceding blackboard forms daily until 
learned. Never write them without repeating the sentence 
for each date. 

WRITTEN EXAMINATION. 

Write with ink if possible. Be very careful about the 
spelling of proper names. Indent the first word of each para- 
graph, After papers are graded file them for future reference. 

22. Write a short sketch of Columbus and what he did. 

23. When and by whom was Guanahani discovered? The 
Mississippi? How many years had intervened from the dis- 
covery of one to the discovery of the other? 

24. Write in order of the time of the discovery the names 
of the discoverers adopted in the analysis (blackboard form). 

25. Tell the nationality of each discoverer, and the power he 
served. Tell the story of De Leon and the Fountain of Youth. 

26. Who were the three great discoverers? 

27. Tell something that you have read concerning the early 
discoveries not found in your text-book. 



14 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

8. What do you think about the real honor of the name 
America? Should it belong to Americus, or Columbus? 

29. Did Columbus know that he had discovered America? 
Where did he die? 

30. Give the limits of North and South Virginia (in de- 
grees). 




Colonial period. 



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STUDY III. 

Colonial Period, 
blackboard form. 



Virginia. 



Virginia. 



1 607 — Jamestown. 
16 10 — Famine. 
^ ) Legislative. 

" J Negroes. 
1 620 — Women. 
1 62 2 — Massacre. 
1624 — Royal. 
1 644 — M a ssacre. 
1676 — Bacon's. 

f 1607. 

j Jamestown. 

\ Eng. Emigrants. 

I Edward VVino^field. 



Directions. — i. After reading all you can find concern- 
ing the settlement of Jamestown, repeat: " In 1607 Jamestown 
was settled." "In 1610 a famine occurred," etc. 2. Copy 
and recite the above as you memorize the event. 3. Place 
"in" before 1607, " ^^" before Jamestown " by" before Eng. 
Emigrants, and " under" before Edward Wingfield. Then 
memorize: " Virginia was settled in 1607, ^^ Jamestown, dy 
English emigrants, under Edward Wingfield." 4. Tell 
all you can about the Indian Massacres. 5. Tell all you can 
about the legislative assembly. 6. Read all you find on the 
introduction of slavery into the colony. Tell this in your 
own words. 7. What is meant by a charter government? 
Why so called.^ 

QUEER QUERIES. 

31. What did the Indians of Jamestown plant in order to 
grow ammunition? 



l6 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

32. How many negroes were sold at first, at Jamestown ? 

33. Were women really sold in Jamestown? If so, what 
was the price? 

34. How did Captain Smith shield himself from the arrows 
of the Indians? 

35. Is the story of Pocahontas's saving Captain Smith now 
accepted as true? 

36. How did Columbus make the egg stand on end? Tell 
the story? 

37. What became of Sir Walter Raleigh? 

38. Are the ruins of Jamestown now visible? 

39. What early explorer climbed a tree in order to see the 
Pacific Ocean? 

40. What is meant by the Virginia Readjusters? 

REVIEW. 

31. Write the i!nalysis of the claims to American soil. 

32. Write a good sketch of Balboa. De Soto. 

33. Locate territory which overlapped by conflicting claims. 

34. How many and what periods in our history? Give 
date of beginning of each. 

35. What did Columbus do? Balboa? DeSoto? DeLeon? 
Bacon? Pocahontas? Cortez? Gosnold ? Cartier? Magellan? 
Champlain? Verrazani? 

36. Make out the analysis of Virginia. Of the voyages of 
Columbus. 

37. What is meant by North and South Virginia, as men- 
tioned in the histories ? 

38. Explain what is meant by the Plymouth and the Lon- 
don companies. 

39. Why was Virginia so called? 

40. Did the early settlers find gold in Virginia? Is there 
any native gold in the State? Who is the present governor? 
How many and what capitals has it had? 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 



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Remarks. — i. Do not memorize the text of any author. 
Use your own language to tell what you know of the text. 
2. Write the answers to all the questions. " Once writing a 
topic is worth twice reciting it." 3. Repeat and re- write, 
time and again, that which you find most difficult to remem- 
ber. 4. Do not omit taking notes as you find new facts in 
different authors. 




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United states history. 



STUDY IV. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Massachusetts. -< 



1620 — Plymouth. 

1628 — Splem. 

1630 — Boston, etc. 

1643 — Union. 

1675 — King Philip's. 

1686— Royal. 

1 693 — Witchcraft. 

1620. 

Plymouth. 
^ Pilgrims. 

1^ John Carver. 



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Massachusetts. ^ 



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1628. 

Salem. 

Puritans. 

John Winthrop. 



Directions. — i . Read 3'our histories to find the best " word- 
ing" for a sentence to express the exact meaning of the above 
dates and key-words. When you have settled in your own 
mind the best expression, then repeat the sentence till you 
have memorized it. 2. x\fter thoroughly fixing each fact as 
you gather it from your authors, tell the story in your own 
language. 3. Follow the du'ections given in connection with 
the history of Virginia, for Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay 
colonies. 4. Read all the books at your command on the 
Salem Witchcraft, then tell the story in a lively manner. 
Tell all about King Philip and his hostility to the whites. 
5. Explain what is meant by a voluntary association as ap- 
plied to the Plymouth Colony. 



COLONIAL PERIOD. Irt 

QUEER QUERIES. 

41. How many persons came over in the Mayflower.? 
Who was the first governor of Plymouth Colony? 

3. What man was pressed to death in the witchcraft de- 
lusion .f" 

43. What man was banished from Massachusetts Bay 
Colony? What church did he found? 

44. What is the " Hub of the Universe"? 

45. Where and when was the first college within the pres- 
ent limits of the United States established? What is it 
called? 

46. What was the first American publication? 

47. What was done with King Philip's head? With his 
little son? 

48. Who was the " Great Indian Apostle"? 

49. Why did the early settlers of New England object to 
chimneys? What is a "cat-in-clay" chimney ? 

50. What became of Anne Hutchinson? Of William 
Drummond? 

REVIEW. 

(Let this review be in writing.) 

41. Trace the Pilgrims in their wanderings from their 
homes in England to the wilds of America. 

42. Write all you can about the wandering of De Soto. 

43. Write the blackboard form for the discoveries of na- 
tions. 

44. Study the subjects of the early history of the potato, to- 
bacco, introduction of hogs, cattle and horses into the colonies, 
then write the facts in your own language. 

45. Write all you can about the two Indian massacres in 
Virginia. 

46. Write the blackboard form for the claims to Ameri- 
can soil. 



20 UNITED STATES HISTORV. 

47. What was the extent of North and South Virginia? 
The New Netherlands ? Of Acadia ? Of Florida ? 

48. What explorations did Verrazani make? 

49. Write the history of King Philip's war. 

50. Write the form for tracing Columbus. Write a list of 
all persons whose history you have studied, and mark the ac- 
cent of each. 

Remarks. — The teacher should assign written review top- 
ics in each recitation. He should not spend much time in the 
oral recitation of the advance lesson — ^just enough to bring all 
the important facts before the class. Send the class to the 
board with the distinct understanding that each of its mem- 
be is shall confine his writing to a given space. Assign each 
a topic with the request that he tell the most possible in the 
fewest words. When ready, have each in turn read what he 
has written. After each reading have the class criticisms. 
Criticise spelling, punctuation and arrangement. 




COLONIAL PERIOD. 



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STUDY V. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



New Hampshire. 



New Hampshire. 



Rhode Island. 



Rhode Island. 



f . \ Portsmouth. 

1633 \ ^ 
I "^ ( Dover. 

16S0 — Royal. 

i 16S3 — Earthquake. 

1623. 

Portsmouth and Dover. 

N. Eng. Emigrants. 

Mason and Gorges. 
1 636 — Providence. 
1 637 — Portsmouth. 
1 639 — Newport. 
1663 — Charter. 
1636. 

Providence. 

N. Eng. Emigrants. 

Rosrer Williams. 



Directions. — i. Bound New Hampshire and ^Rhode Is- 
land. Locate the capital of each. 2. Read all authors at 
hand on the Rhode Island charter of 1663. Find some good 
hiography or life of Roger Williams and be able to tell as 
much about his life as possible, 

queer queries. 

51. What was discovered in Roger Williams's grave? 

52. What nation introduced horses into the present limits 
of the United States? 

53. What samples of workmanshio were found near the 
Madeira Islands previous to the discovery of America? 

54. What State had witchcraft laws? 

55. Do historians know how America was peopled? 
What theories? 



22 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

56. Who were the sea kings of history? 

57. Who are supposed to have built the queer old tower 
of Newport ? Describe it. 

58. Who was Anne Hutchinson? What became of 
her? 

59. What did De Gourgues do with his Spanish prisoners? 

60. What did the Indians use for mirrors? 

Remarks. — Have the pupils report and answer such Queer 
Queries as they may have found. Collect their note-books, 
and after examining them carefully, return them with commen- 
dation or criticism, as may be best suited to the individual. 
Let one of your many cares be to ever insist upon neatness in 
the appearance of all written work. 

REVIEW. 

51. Write the names of the explorers, placing those be- 
lono-ins: to different nations in certain columns. Pronounce 
each name and mm-k the accent. 

52. Write the blackboard form for claims. 

53. What was the extent of Discovery Period? Give 
date of beginning and ending. 

54. Write the blackboard form for Virginia. For Massa- 
chusetts. Write a short sketch of Roger Williams. 

55. What is meant by the Pilgrims? By the Puritans? 

r ^^35 — Windsor. 
I 1636 — Weathersfield, 
Connecticut. -{ 1637 — Pequod. 

163S — New Haven, 
1662 — Charter. 

r 1635. 

Windsor. 

N. Eng. Emigrants. 

Thomas Hooker. 



Connecticut. 



Directions. — i. Bound C^'^^'^^ticut and locate Windsor 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 23 

and New Haven. 2. Read all you can find concerning 
Thomas Hooker. 3. Ditto the Pequod War. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

61. What Indian chief ate some flesh from the shoulder 
of a captive chief ? 

63. On what day of the week did Columbus discover 
America ? 

63. Why was California so called? 

64. What is the oldest college in the United States? 

65. What did Canonicus send to Governor Bradford and 
what did he return? 

66. "Who ate Roger Williams?" 

67. What did Captain Smith take from the Indians and hold 
until they filled his boat with corn? 

68. Who named New England? 

69. What Indian marked his flight by hanging hands, 
heads and scalps on poles? 

70. Who was taken for an angel in the Indian attack on 
Hadley? Why are the people of New England called Yan- 
kees? 

Review. 56. Rewrite all the blackboard forms in order, 

beginning with that of the Periods. 

57. After writing all the forms recite the outline as sug- 
gested by them. 

Remark.— If not familiar with the forms at this point you 
should spend some time reviewing them. 



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New York. 



New York. 



STUDY VI. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



1623 — New Amsterdam. 
1624 — Fort Orange. 
1626 — Peter Minuit. 
1664 — English. 
1673 — Dutch. 
1674 — EngHsh 
1689 — Royal. 

1623. 

New Amsterdam. 

Dutch. 

Peter Minuit. 



Directions. — i. Read your authors to determine why the 
date 1623 is adopted as that of the first settlement rather than 
that of i6i3ori6i4. 2. Read all you can command con- 
cerning the four Dutch governors of New York. 3. Deter- 
mine from your texts why the English were able to capture 
New Amsterdam so easily. 4. If the "History of New 
York," by Washington Irving, can be found in the neighbor- 
hood, borrow it and read all he says about the " Knicker- 
bockers." 5. Explain what is meant by a royal province. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

71. Which of the Dutch governors had a wooden leg? 
73. What was Hooker's guide through the wilderness in 
his journey to Connecticut? 

73. What did Minuit pay the Indians for Miuihattan Is- 
land? 

74. Why is Wall street so called ? 

75. Who was the little " Indian Fighter" of Massachusetts? 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 



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76. Who said, " 1 thank God there are no free schools or 
pnnting presses, and I hope that we shall not have them 
these three hundred years"? 

77. Why did Bacon burn Jamestown? 

78. What was done with the Indians who were carried to 
Europe? 

79. Who said, " We must burn them" ? 

80. Who said, " Sir, if we are Interrupted again I will make 
the sun shine through you in a moment"? 

REVIEW. 

58. Write the blackboard form for each colony as far as 
learned. 

59. Write the form for the first date, first settlement, etc., 
of each colony to one studied. 

60. Why v^as each colony so called? 

61. Write a brief sketch of King Philip. Pocahontas. 
Peter Stuyvesant. 

62. Write all you can about John Smith. Balboa. De 
Soto. 

63. Write a list of explorers and give their nationalities. 

64. What averted the war threatened by Powhattan and 
the English in 161 2? 

65. Describe Bacon's Rebellion. 

66. What were the peculiar features of the Maryland, 
charter? 

67. What is meant by Mason and Dixon's line? 

68. How did the term " patroon " originate? 

69. When was St. Augustine founded? Port Royal? 
Jamestown? Plymouth? New Amsterdam? 

70. Why was New York called New Netherlands? What 
does it mean? 

Remark. — The secret of success in memorizing dates de- 
pends solely upon their repetition in connection with the key- 



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word. Bear in mind the necessity of your constant use of the 
pen or pencil while reviewing. Do not omit the written re- 
view till the topic is thoroughly mastered. 




COLONIAL PERIOD. 2"] 

STUDY VII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

r 1665— Elizabeth. 
Mew Tersev J 1^74— East and West Jersey. 
New Jersey. ^ 1702-Uiiited. 

[^ 1738 — Governor. 

r 1665. 

T., -r Elizabeth. 

New Jersey. j Long Islanders. 
[^ Philip Carteret. 

Directions. — i. Review the colonies and determine 
which became royal provinces, which remained under char- 
ter government, and which were proprietary, if any. 2. Re- 
view all you have at hand concerning the four Dutch gov- 
ernors of New York. 3. Read all you can find concerning 
an Indian wigwam and Indian money. Give a description of 
each in your own language. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

81. Where did Columbus think the source of the Orinoco 
River was? 

82. What did Philip Carteret carry on his shoulder when 
he led the Dutch settlers from Long Island to Elizabeth.? 
Why? 

83. What did Columbus construct out of the Santa Maria? 

84. Who waded into the ocean to his armpits? 

85. What was once planted, in the streets of Jamestown? 

86. The governor of what State acted as governor for New 
Jersey until 1738? 

87. Who sold his interest in Ne"- Jersey to the Quakers? 



28 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

88. What celebrated preacher was once governor of New- 
Jersey? 

89. Where was the « Charter Oak "? When blown down? 

90. What was the color of Columbus's flag? Of the cross? 
What is meant by " Forefathers' Rock " ? 

REVIEW. 

71. Write the blackboard forms for Virginia. 

72. For New Hampshire. 

73. Massachusetts. 

74. Rhode Island. 

75. Connecticut. 

76. New York. 

77. New Jersey. 

Remarks. — The teacher should now send the class to the 
board daily for about two minutes' work. Say to one, write 
forms for Virginia; to another, Massachusetts, etc. When 
time has expired say, " Time." Have all stop and " face " for 
recitation. Call for form by naming the colony or subject. 
When the pupil has read this form intelligently, call for class 
criticisms. Criticise spelling, use of capitals, punctuation, 
brace, etc. Do this daily. 

Commence to build up the dates in regular order by using 
the date and key-word, beginning with *^ 1607, Jamestown," 
etc. 



COLONIAT. PERIOD. 2^ 

STUDY VIII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

j 1 68 1— Schuylkill. 

T) 1 • 16S7. — Philadelphia, 

i ennsylvania. < ^r,-^ -„ ^ 

•^ j 1664— renn. 

[^ 1699 — Penn. 

f 1681. 

xy 1-1 Schuylkill. 

Pennsylvania. { -r-, i- 1 r-^ i 

•^ j l^nglish Quakers. 

1^ William Markham, 

Directions. — i. Search your histories, or the encyclo- 
pedia for some account of William Penn. 2. Read all you 
can find concerning Penn's treaty with the Indians. 3. Find 
the speech of Penn to the Indians and memorize it. Repeat 
the words of the chiefs in reply to his speech. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

91. Who was the "Quaker King"? 

93. What and where is the "City of Brotherly Love"? 

93. What is meant by " The Friends"? 

94. Was Pennsylvania ever a Royal Province? Connect- 
icut? Rhode Island? 

95. What did Penn's land cost him per acre. 

96. What is the " Old Dominion " ? The " Keystone 
State " ? The " Empire State " ? 

97. What was the age of " Penn's elm " when blown 
down in 1810? How determine the age of an elm-tree? 

98. What other colony was ruled by the governor of 
Pennsylvania? 

99. What is meant by the " Commonwealth "? 



30 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

loo. What did the State pay the Pena family for their 
claims to Pennsylvania? 

Review. — i. Write the blackboard form for New Jersey 
and Massachusetts, 2. Write all you can about the Pequod 
AVar. 3. Read and rewrite all the important fiicts about 
Bacon's rebellion. 4. Write the form for the first settle- 
ment of each colony. 5. Bound Pennsylvania and locate its 
capital. 6. Name the colonies in the order of their settle- 
ments so far as learned. 7. Explain why each one was so 
called. 

Note. — Collect the note books and inspect their condition. 
Show pupils how they may improve the appearance of the 
page. Commend the neater work and encourage the poorer 
workers to do better. Have written work daily. Do not 
neglect this. 

i 1638 — Christiana Creek. 
Delaware. V 1682 — Duke of York. 
( 1703 — Legislature. 

r 1638. 

T-N 1 j Liuistiana. 

Delaware. -^ ^ , 

j v^wecles. 

(^ Peter Minult. 

Note. — Teacher explain wh}^ the history of Delaware is 
usually treated In connection with that of Pennsylvania. 



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STUDY IX. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Maryland, -j 



[ 



Maryland. 



r 1634 — St. Mary's. 
! 1646 — Clayborne's. 

1655— Civil War. 

1 69 1 — Royal. 

1634. 

St. Mary's. 
English Catholics. 
Leonard Calvert. 



Directions. — i. Read your authors to determine why 
Lord Baltimore desired to found a colony in America. 2. 
Determine the cause of Clayborne's Rebellion. 3. Of Ba- 
con's. 4. Of the civil war in Maryland. 5. Of the Pe- 
quod War. 6. Of King Philip's War. 



lOI. 

the Ki 

102. 

103. 

104. 
don or 

105. 

106. 

107. 
ernor? 

108. 

109. 

no. 



QUEER QUERIES. 

What yearly rent did Lord Baltimore agree to pay 
ng for the territory of Maryland.? 
Why did not Lord Baltimore settle in Virginia.? 
Why was Maryland so called? 

Was the territory of Maryland included in the Lon- 
in the Plymouth company's charter? 
Has your State ever furnishe J a president? Whom? 
What is the Indian pipe of peace called? 
What is the motto of your State? Who is the gov- 

What is a " Quaker gun"? 

When and how often does Congress assemble? 

Who is president of the Senate? 



32 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

Review. — i. Make a list of the colonies in chronological 
order as far as studied. 3. Ditto in geographical order, with 
the capital of each. 3. Make a list of the Indian wars and 
rebellions as far as learned, and name one prominent actor in 
each. 4. Make a list of the colonies studied and name the 
prevalent religion of each. 5. Write the forms for the set- 
tlement of Massachusetts. 6. Give the causes of the settle- 
ment of each colony. 7. Name and explain the several 
kinds of governments of the colonies. 8. Which colonies 
never became royal provinces? 

Note. — i. The teacher should so frame his questions as 
to require some research in order to answer them. 2. Read 
history with an object in view, not as a pastime; /. ^., read 
with a view to settling a question. 3. Do not omit the class 
reviews at each recitation. The teacher whofiiils to do some- 
thing in this direction fails to give his pupils a good knowl- 
edge of history. 4. Direct the pupil to certain authors 
which may be had in the neighborhood, and always have a 
secret purpose in doing so. 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 



33 



North and 

South 

Carohna. 



North and 

South 
Carohna. 



STUDY X. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



[^ 1663 — Albemarle. 
^ J 1665 — Clarenden Colony. 
o j 171 1 — Massacre. 
K^ (^ 1729 — Royal. 






1^ 



1679 — Ashley River. 
1680 — N. Charleston. 
1739 — Royal. 

1663. 

Albemarle Colony. 
William Drummond. 
Virfrinians. 



1679^ 

Carteret Colony. 
William Sayle and others. 
13arbadoes. 



Directions. — i. Study the Carolinas as one colony to the 
separation in 1729. 2. Search your authors to find something 
new concerning " Locke's Grand Model." 3. Tell all you 
can about it in your own words. 



QUEER QUERIES. 

III. What is meant by the "Gri^nd Model"? 
1X2. What tribe of Indians engaged in the massacre of 
711? 
113. What is the meaning of ^ Phwibus UniimP 

3 



34 UNITEt) STATES HISTORY. 

114. Does the President of the United States read his an- 
nual message to Congress? 

115. Was Columbus ever married? 

116. What river of South Carolina was once called the 
Jordan ? 

1 17. What was the " Lost Colony of America"? 

iiS. What did the settlers at Roanoke live on for a short 
time? 

119. What governor signed another's death warrant while 
drunk? 

120. What is built over Champlain's tomb? 

Review. — i. Begin with the settlement of Jamestown 
and build up the dates and key- words for the twelve colonies 
studied. 2. Review this column of dates and select those hav- 
ing two events. 3. Select dates for the time of becoming 
royal provinces. 4. Ditto for wars and massacres. 

Remarks. — i. It is now time to take a comprehensive 
view of the thirteen colonies. Drill on the order of settle- 
ment until you can name them in thi^ manner; in order, 
geographically; in order of becoming royal provinces; in or- 
der of wars and rebellions. Search your histories until you 
determine what church was most popular in each colony. 
Make a special study of the early colleges in order of their 
establishment. If you have read any incident or fact con- 
cerning the early schools of the colonies tell it in the class. 
Trace the history to give a sketch of the social condition of 
the colonies. 



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35 



Georgia. 



Georgia. 



STUDY XI. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



1733 — Savannah. 
1740 — St. Aui^ustine. 
1743 — Spanish. 
1753 — Royal. 

1733— 
Savannah. 
Poor, etc. 
James Oglethorpe. 



Directions. — i. Study all at hand concerning the Trus- 
tees of Georgia. 3. Read the sketch of John and Charles 
Wesley, no matter where it may be found. 3. If a cyclo- 
pedia is in the neighbDrhood or in the reference library turn 
to the subject " Oglethorpe, James," and read the paragraph 
carefully. 4. Study Virginia as the first colony settled and 
Georgia as the last before the Revolution. Note any differ- 
ence in the prospects of substantial settlements. What 
difference can you note in the wealth and prospects of the 
two States at the present time? 



QUEER QUERIES. 

13 1. Were any buffaloes found in Georgia when it was first 
settled? Are there any now? If not, what has become of 
them? 

133. What stratagem saved Oglethorpe's defeat in 1743? 

133. What great evils made Georgia a great and wealthy 
colon}^? 

134. Where did the slave ships get their cargoes of slaves? 

135. Were there any slaves in ea^'"* of the thirteen oncrinal 
colonies ? 



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126. What man of the colonial period do you most ad- 
mire, and why? 

137. After whose plan was the St. Louis bridge built? 

128. How are the States represented on our flag? 

129. Did we have a flag during the colonial j^eriod? 

130. Does the District of Columbia belong to any State? 
If not, how governed ? 

Review. i. Write a list of the thirteen colonies in the 

chronological order of their settlement. 2. Write a list in 
geographical order — use only the proper abbreviations. 3. 
Write a list of Indian massacres and wars with dates in chro- 
noloo-ical order. 4. Ditto a neat list of the rebellions and civil 
wars. 5. Ditto the first settlement and date for same in each 
colony. 6. Ditto colonies settled by adventurers. By Qual<:- 
ers. By the Dutch. By the Baptists. By Catholics. By 
Virginians. By poor from all countries. By people from 
Massachusetts. By the Puritans and Pilgrims. By Swedes* 
By people from Barbadoes. 7. Ditto the colonies in order 
with name of leader in each colony. 8. Ditto list of colonies 
with reason for name of each; thus, "Va., in honor of the 
Virgin Queen Elizabeth." " Mass., from Massachusetts 
Bay" (Blue Hills). "Conn., from Connecticut River" 
(Long River). "Rhode Island, from island of same name" 
(Roodt Eylandt). " N. H., in honor of John Mason" (Gov. 
of Hampshire, Eng.). " N. Y., in honor of the Duke of 
York." '' N. J., in honor of Geo. Carteret" (Gov. of Jersey, 
Eng.). " Penn., in honor of William Penn (Penn's Wood- 
land). "Del., from Delaware Bay" (Lord De la War, 
Gov. of Va.). " Md., in honor of Queen Henrietta Maria," 
"N. and S. Carolina in honor of King Charles" (Latin, 
Carolus). " Ga., in honor of King George the Second." 9. 
Make list (use abbreviations) of colonies with date for royal 
provinces, charters, etc. 10. Review meaning of Royal 
Province, Proprietary Government, and Voluntary Associ- 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 



37 



ation. Have this number written out at the desk and hand 
to your teacher for correction. 

Note. — Take up the colonies one by one as the class pro- 
gresses with the advance lessons on the Intercolonial Wars and 
make out a form daily with the assistance of the members of 
the class, thus: 

2 TFrom 1607 to 1624, Commercial Corporation. 

]S J « 1624 to 1675, Roy:d Province. 

bDi « 1675 to 1684, Proprietary Government. 

> [ " 1684 to 1776, Royal Province. 

Trom 1620 to 1692, Voluntary Association (Plymouth 
Colony). 
From 1628 to 16S6, Charter Government (Mass. Bay 
-g ^ Colony). 

From 1686 to 1776, Royal Province. (Plymouth was 
united to Massachusetts Bay in 1692.) 

Recited. — " From 1607 to 1624 Va. was governed by a 
commercial corporation." " From 1624 to 1675 Va. was 
governed by a governor appointed by the King." "From 
1675 to 1684 Va. was governed by a proprietor." "From 
1684 t^ 177^ ^^' ^^^ ^ royal province." 

The elements of population were from England, Holland, 
Sweden, France, Scotland, Ireland and Germany. Read 
your histories to determine which colonies were settled by 
each nation. Make out the facts, thus: New York was 
settled by people from Holland. Massachusetts was settled 
by people from England, etc. 

The religion of the colonists was made up from the Catho- 
lics, Protestants, Church of England, Congregationalists, 
Dutch Reformed and Quakers. Make a list of colonies with 
name of leading church. 

Whenever you are certain that you have a good compre- 
hensive view [of the colonies it will be time to lay aside the 
laljor of writing up the forms suggested. 



3*3 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

Do not neglect the reviews suggested in this brief outHne. 
A search for classified knowledge, even though you leaf \.\\z 
whole book, is worth more than reading the whole text con- 
secutively. 

Search for new things. 

Fix the old ones. 

Of7iit nothinsr. 




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INTERCOLONIAL WARS. 



39 



STUDY XII. 

Intercolonial Wars. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Cause? 

King William's. 

Gain? 

Cause? 

Queen Anne's. 

Gain? 

Cause? 

King George's. 

Gain ? 



In 1689 



From 1689 to 1697. 

Dover. 

Fort Pemaquid. 

Casco Bay. 

Salmon Falls. 
In 1690 — Schenectady. 
In 169 1 — Fort Royal. 
In 1697 — Ryswick. 

From 1703 to 1713. 
In 1704 — Deerfield. 
In 1 7 10 — Port Royal. 
In 1713 — Eutrecht. 

From 1745 to 1748. 
In 1745 — Louishurg. 
In 1748 — Aix-la-Chapelle. 



Directions. — i. Look through the history of the above 
w^ars to determine why each was so named. 2. Search the 
geographies or gazetteer to locate Ryswick, Eutrecht and 
Aix-la-Chapelle. 3. Ditto each place named in the black- 
board form. 4. Study the cause and gain (if any) of each 
war. 5. Practice writing the blackboard form, thinking of 
the exact location of each place as you write the name. 6. 
Ditto same, thinking of the result of each battle, expedition, 
attack, etc. 7. If you do nothing more than remember the 
cause and gain of each war, do it well. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

131. Which colony took the Bible for its guide? 



40 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

132. What did the Indians wear upon their feet in making 
the attack upon Schenectady? 

133. What is the basis of Longfellow's Evangeline? 

134. On whose discovery did the Englisli base their claims 
to American soil? 

135. What is meant by the "hasty pudding" of the colon- 
ists ? 

136. What is meant by the Blue Laws of Connecticut? 

137. How was the Puritan church sexton armed during 
the sermon? 

138. In what way was tobacco responsible for the intro- 
duction of slavery into the Virginia colony? 

139. What was the first Bible printed in America? 

140. What nation introduced Santa Claus into our Christ- 
mas festivals? 

Review. — See review in Study XL Follow all the sug- 
gestions given in this review. If necessary, spend a lesson or 
two on the review alone. Write out in full the complete 
answer to each question. Until you are able to do this, you 
are not ready to leave the Thirteen Colonies. Write the 
blackboard form for King William's war. Ditto for Queen 
Anne's and King George's. 



^^^siH^t 



^v/^^ue£^^p^wvw. 



INTERCOLONIAL WARS. 



41 



STUDY Kill. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Cause? 

French 

and 

Indian War 

Gain ? 



From 1 751- to 1763. 

\ Gt. Meadows. 

] Ft. Necessity. 



In 1754 
I" 1755 



In 1756 
In 1757 

In 175S 

In 1759 
In 1763 



r Nova Scotia. 
J Crown Point. 
j Niagara. 
1^ Ohio River. 
\ Gt. Britain. 
I Oswego. 
I Ft. WiUiam Henry. 

Louisburg. 

Crown Point. 

Ft. Frontenac. 



Ticonderoga. 



} Niagara. 
( Quebec. 

Treaty of Paris. 



Direct. oxs. — First read all the matter at hand on the 
caitse o[ t'm war] frame your a.iswer to this question; then 
treat the subject of gain in the same manner. 2. Read over 
the cause :\nd q^al:i of each of the preceding wars and deter- 
mine in what respect they diit=;r. Couch your conclusion in 
good hmguage and submit it to your teacher for his approval. 
3. Read as separate topics in your several authors, Braddock's 
Defeat, the Expeditions of 1755, the Capture of Louisburg, 
Attack on Crown Point, Expelition against Ft. Frontenac, the 
Ticonderoga Affair, and t'ne Capture of Quebec. 4. Write 
tiie following names in this form, 



English 
Commanders. 



r Braddock. 
! Loudon. 

Abei-crombie, 

Amherst, 



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and recite: " Braddock was the tirst commander-in-chief, and 
was succeeded by Loudon, Loudon by Abercrombie, Aber- 
crombie by Amherst. " Do not abandon this form until you can 
tell the year that the succession took place and whether it 
affected the campaigns or not. 5. Be sure that you know 
who the French commander-in-chief was, and where he was 
killed. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

141. What poem did Wolfe recite and comment upon while 
crossing the St. Lawrence to his death? 

142. Who coined the first money in the colonies? 

143. Who first taught freedom of religious worship in the 
U.S.? 

144. When did the Puritan Sabbath commence? 

145. What penalty did Massachusetts infiict upon Quak- 
ers? 

146. Which lived the longer, Columbus or Queen Isa- 
bella? 

147. What was the name of Hudson's vessel? 

148. What did the Indian who killed King Philip receive 
for the deed? 

149. Why is your native State so called? 

150. What city of the U, S. containing a population of 
over 100,000 does not cast a single vote for President? 

Review. — i. Write a list of the intercolonial wars with 
name of treaty opposite each. 2. Give the history of the 
witchcraft delusion. 3. Sketch the course of French discov- 
eries and settlements in the Mississippi Valley. 4. Write the 
form for Kin^r Philip's War. 5. Ditto Queen Anne's. 6. 
Ditto King George's. 8. Ditto French and Indian War. 8. 
Give a history of Pontiac's conspiracy in your own language. 
9. Write a list of all the wars, rebellions, etc., from the 
settlement of Jamestown to the peace of Paris, and tell where 



INTERCOLONIAL WARS. 



43 



each was enacted. lo. Explain how it was that the colo- 
nists were contented under the Enghsh rule, and how they 
cheerfully fought for her during the French and Indian War. 

Notes. In your spare moments consult such authorities as 

you may have at hand on the Jesuit Fathers, Jacques Mar- 
quette, Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Louis XIV., Lemoine 
d'Iberville, John Law, Louis Joseph Montcalm de Saint- Ve- 
ran (Montcalm), James Wolfe, Thomas Hooker, Thomas 
Shepard, President Chauncy, Cotton Mather, Governor 
Bradford, Governor Winthrop, Elihu Yale, Jonathan ^Ed- 
wards, Benjamin Franklin, John Bartram, Captain Kidd. 
We ought to know more of men and their good deeds than 
of wars and their influences (in the colonies). 




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UNITED STATES HISTORY 



First Colonial Congress. 



STUDY XIV. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

1660 — Navigation Act. 
1764 — Su«:ar x\ct. 

^7^5] Stamp Act. 
1766— Stamp Act. 
Causes of ^7^7 — Duty on Tea. 

Revolution„ | 176S — Troops. 
1769— Traitors. 
^^_ \ New York. 
'77° I Boston. 
1773 — Tea Party. 
1774 — First Continental Congress. 

Directions. — i. Read your authors to determine what 
was meant by the Navigation Act. If you are unable to do 
so, please ask your teacher to explain what is meant. 2. Tell 
in your own language what is meant by the Sugar Act. 3. 
Read the text until you have a clear idea of the difference be- 
tween the First Colonial and the First Continental Congress. 
When you are sure that you understand this, fix the place of 
jTieetingfor each. 4. What is meant by the Boston Tea Party? 
Tell the story of Colonel Montague and the"Mi4iute man." 
5. Read all you can get on the subject of the Boston Massacre 
and the troubles in New York with the Sons of Liberty. 
After you have thoroughty studied the causes of the Revolution 
as outlined by the blackboard form please re-read the text 
with a view to determining the real reason for the revolt of 
the colonies. 

Was " taxation without representation " the real reason 
as so often printed in our books? 

To the Teacher. — Do not ask the set questions printed 



INTERCOLONIAL WARS. 45 

In your text, but have independence enough to stand up and 
be original in your teaching. Don't lose your individuality 
by following anybody's arbitrary plans, but use them as sug- 
gestive merely and work out your own plans from them. No 
matter if you are awkward, try to have your illustrations and 
questions filled with pith and point. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

151. What was meant by the " Writs of Assistance "? 

152. How many boxes of tea were thrown overboard by 
the " Boston Tea Party "? 

153. Who wrote "The Sun of Liberty is set; the Ameri- 
cans must light the lamps of industry and economy "? 

154. What was the color of the stamps of 1765? 

155. Was the first bloodshed of the Revolution at Bostorj 
or New York? 

156. Did the tea cost the colonies more or less than it cost 
in England? Why did the people not drink it? 

157. What did Patrick Henry mean when he said, " Caesar 
had his Brutus, Charles I. his Cromwell," etc. ? 

158. What did the colonists substitute for tea, and what 
did they call it? 

159. In which one of the preceding wars did the contend- 
ing nations fight for two years before they declared war? 

160. What was meant by the " minute men "? 

Review and Notes. — i. Write a list of the thirteen col- 
onies, and tell where the Colonial and Continental Congresses 
were held. 2. What was meant by a Charter Government? 
3. Write the forms for the first settlement of each of the thir- 
teen colonies. 4. Tell all about Pontiac's war. 5. Look 
through your authorities and make a list of the early colleges 
with dates of their founding. 6. Ditto, and make a list of 
prominent actors from the time of Columbus to 1775. 7. 
Write the form for the causes of the Revolution. 8. Ditto 



46 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

for the French and Indian War. 9. What was the cause of 
the Revolution? 10. Write a paragraph about each of your 
teachers (in order of their succession). 

Note. — With the first of the month commence with some 
good plan of reviews, and pursue them with a definite pur- 
j^ose, viz., for the pur^DOse of knowing more of our country's 
history. Try this plan for one month; read all you can find 
concerning any man mentioned in the text over which you 
have passed. Study but one man each day for the twenty 
school days and then compare your knowledge of United 
States history with your ignorance of it twenty days pre- 
vious. With the commencement of the Revolution begin the 
studv of men and their actions. 




HEVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. 



47 



STUDY XV. 

Revolutionary Period. 

blackboard form. 



Cause? 
Revolution. -< 
Gain? 



1775 



1776^ 



Si( 



«i 



1777 i 



177S 



1779 . 



1780^ 



17S1 ^ 



1783 
1783 



Lexington. 
Ticonderoga. 
Bunker Hill. 
Second Con. Congress. 

Boston. 

Charleston. 

Long Island. 

Trenton. 

l^ Independence. 

Princeton. 

Brandywine. 

Germantown. 

Ticonderoga. 

Bennington. 

Saratoga. 

Confederation. 

Stars and Stripes. 

Monmouth. 

Savannah. 

French Alliance. 

Wyoming. 

Cherry Valley. 

Kettle ) ^ , 
vj . y Creek. 
. Brier \ 

[^ Savannah. 

Charleston. 

Sanders's Creek. 

King's Mountain. 
1^ Arnold's Treason. 
r Cowpens. 
1 (Tuilford C. H. 

Hobkii-k's Hill. 

Eutaw Springs. 

Yorktovvn. 

Preliminary Treaty. 

Paris. 



aS united states history. 

Directions. — i. Do not attempt to read more than is out- 
lined for 1775 for one lesson. (The teacher should not place 
the whole outline for the Revolution upon the blackboard un- 
til it is needed. Begin with Lexington as the key-word and 
use only as much of it as is needed each day.) 2. Determine 
who were the commanders at each of the three actions in 
1775. Search until you determine the result of the action. 

3. Trace Major Pitcairn from Boston to Concord and return. 

4. Read all your authors to determine just what Colonel Ethan 
Allen said when he demanded the surrender of Ticonderoga. 

5. Study but one or two authors on tne battle of Bunker Hill. 

6. Find out what three important things the Continental 
Congress did. Memorize these facts. 7. Give the history of 
the capture of Ticonderoga in your own language. 8. Ditto 
the battle of Bunker Hill. 9. Tell all about the Second Con- 
tinental Congress. 10. Trace the commander-in-chief from 
his home (where?) e?i 7'oute with Dinwiddle's letter (when?) 
to Cambridge, Mass. 

QUEER queries. 

161. Who were the " Green Mountain Boys "? 

162. Who was the first postmaster-general? 

163. Who was "Old Put"? 

164. Who laid the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monu- 
ment? 

165. What kind of a shirt was " Old Put " wearing when 
he heard of the battle of Lexington ? What became of it ? 

166. How long did it take the European nations to learn 
that the potato was fitted for food? 

167. Why did the Speedwell not accompany the May- 
flower to America? 

168. What became of the Charter Oak? 

169. What is meant by Captain Kidd's punchbowl? 

170. Who was the " Father of his Country "? 



REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD. 



49 



Review and Notes. — i. Treat the remaining' dates of the 
Revokition as that of 1775. 2. Write the form for the causes 
of the Revolution. 3. Write a hst of the thirteen colonies in 
order, giving the date of the first settlement, name of place 
settled and leader of settlement. 4. Write a list of all the 
massacres, Indian wars and rebellions from J492 to 1775. 5. 
Give cause of each of the four French and Indian wars. 6. 
Give gain of each of these wars. 7. How many and what 
periods have you studied? What is a period? 8. What was 
the cause of the Revolution? 9. Name all of the generals of 
the intercolonial wars. 10. Write a full-page autobiography 
of yourself What is an autobiography? 

171. Was the Continental Congress in session when Ethan 
Allen demanded the surrender of Ticonderoga? 

172. Who was Paul Revere? 

173. What people introduced the doughnut, cruller, and 
New Year's cookies into the United States? 

174. What was the "wooden horse " of colonial times? 

175. What did the English call New Amsterdam for the 
year which they held it? 

176. What were the salaries of the first ministers at James- 
town? 

177 What was "a tomahawk right"? 

178. Having no iron wire how did the New England set- 
tlers manufacture their sieves? 

179. What did Thomas Fairfax say when he heard of 
Cornwallis's surrender? 

180. What were the conditions of Burgoyne's surrender at 
Saratoga? 



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CO UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 

1. Make some attempt to know something of each prom- 
inent man mentioned in this period. It is of infinitely more 
value to knozv something of an actor as a 7nan than to be 
able to tell of all his actions. Actions do (sometimes) speak 
louder than words; but, what was the /m^^^/^<? which produced 
the action? Was it good or bad? 

To get this information read sketches, notes, lives and biog- 
raphies. 

2. If you know of an old history with quaint cuts in it, 
borrow it and read its contents. 

Take your geography and look over the part devoted to 
history and compare it wn\h yotii' history. 

3. Study the pictures in your history as you read the text. 
If you know of any historical picture go and look at it when 
studying the events which it illustrates. 

4. Have you ever seen 2i facsimile of the Declaration of 
Independence written by Jefferson? If not inquire " all over 
the neighborhood " till you get trace of one. Have you seen 
an illuminated copy of Rev. Douche's First Prayer in Con- 
gress. Have you heard of a piece of Continental money in 
your vicinity ? If so, go and see it. When you go to the 
city, go to some bank, introduce yourself to the oldest gentle- 
man in it, tell liim your father's name, the name of the school 
where 5^ou attend, and that you want to see some old coins, 
paper monev, etc., if he has no objections. If he obliges you 
do not ask him any questions about them unless he encourages 
it. Take pencil notes of those of most interest to you. 

5. If you find a historical note of importance bring it to 
school with you and call the attention of your teacher to it. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



51 



Compare its statements with those of your author and see 
how they compare as to certain points. 



STUDY XVI. 

Constitutional Period, 
blackboard form. 



Washington, 
" The Fatlier 
of his 
Country." 



1 789 to 

1790 I 

£791 



1797. 

Seat of Government. 

First Census. 

Vermont. 

U. S. Bank. 

Kentucky. 

Cotton Gin. 
Corner- Stone. 
1794 — -Whisky. 
1 795 — Mississippi. 
1 796 — Tennessee. 



1793 
1793 



Directions. — i. After reading your author on Washing- 
ton's Administration, repeat until thoroughly learned; 
"Washington was president from 17S9-1797." "In 1790 
Congress decreed that the seat of government should re- 
main for ten years at Philadelphia." "In 1791 Vermont was 
admitted into the Union as a State; and the U. S. Bank was 
estahlishcd." "In 1792 Kentucky was admitted into the 
Union as a State ; Eli Whitney invented the cotton 
gin, and Washington laid the corner-stone of the old 
capitol." In 1794 the Whisky Insurrection of Pennsylvania 
occurred." "In 1795 we obtained the undisputed right of 
navigating the Mississippi River." "In 1796 Tennessee was 
admitted into the Union as a State." 

2. Read your authors to determine how many and what 
branches of government were adopted by accepting the con- 



52 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



stitution. Make out and accept some such blackboard form 
as the following: 

! House of Rep- ) 
resentatives. I Congress. 
Senate. ) 

Branches, i Executive. j President. 

I (Cabinet.) 
Judicial. i Supreme. ) ^^^^^^^ 

( interior. J 

Do you call " Legislative, Executive and Judicial" depart- 
7nentSy or hi-Rnches} Why? How many and what depart- 
ments under Washington? How many and what depart- 
ments to-day? 

QUEER QUERIES. 

i8i. Was Washington ever wounded in battle? 

182. What was Eli Whitney doing w^hen he invented the 
cotton gin? 

183. Who invented the lightning rod? When? 

184. Who said, "Friendship to all but entangling alliance 
with none"? 

185. Why was not Washington inaugurated on the 4th of 

March? 

186. Who administers the oath of office to the president? 

187. What is the meaning of Kentucky, Vermont and 
Tennessee? 

188. With whom was Eli Whitney boarding when he in- 
vented the cotton gin? 

189. Who was the Cincinnatus of the West? 

190. Did Washington have any children? Who was his 
wife? 

Review. — See review at the close of the Settlement 
Period. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 53 

"SET QUESTIONS." 

Copy these questions on a slip of paper and file it in your 
history. 

I. When and where inaugurated? 

3. Who was his successor? Predecessor? 

3. Who was his vice-president? 

4 What States were admitted? 

5. What wars, if any? Cause? 

6. What other important events? 

7. Elected by what party ? 

8. Which in order of the presidents? 

9. Were there any Indian troubles? 

10. Queer queries by the class. 

Apply the above questions' to the study of each administra- 
tion as you progress from one to the next in order. 




CA UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

STUDY XVII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Adams, 
« The Firm 
Federalist." 



" 1797 to 1801. 

1798 Reprisal Act. 

1799 Washington, 
eaty of Commerce. 

of Government. 



1 800 ■! ^^^f 
I ( Seat 



Directions. — i. Read all you find concerning the Alien 
and Sedition Laws. 2. Give the import of these laws in 
your own language. 3. Read any sketch of Adams's life. 
4. What is a reprisal law? 5. Find all you can concern- 
ing Washington's death and funeral. 6. Explain how it 
was that the seat of government could be removed this 
year. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

191. Did John Adams dismiss Washington's Cabinet and 
nominate a new one? 

192. What is Washington's most precious " legacy "? 

193. Who was the " Colossus of American Independence"? 

194. Who said, " Millions for defense but not one cent for 
tribute " ? 

195. What was called the "Quasi War"? 

196. What person elected Jefferson president of the United 
States? 

197. When was the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitu- 
tion ratified? 

198. What two ex-presidents Tay dying on the fiftieth an- 
niversary of the Declaration of Independence? 

199. Who said, " The executive authority had to be 
stretched till it cracked In order to purchase Louisiana " ? 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



55 



200. Who gave General Greene two bags of specie just 
when he needed it most? ( 1781.) 

REVIEW QUESTIONS. 

10 to 20 inclusive. See review at close of the Colonial 
Period. 




56 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



STUDY XVIII, 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



1 80 1 to 1809. 



Jefferson, 
" Writer of the 
Declaration of 
Independence." 



1801 
1803 
1803 

1804 
1806 



1807 



to 1805 Tripolitan. 

Ohio. 

Louisiana. 

( Burr — Hamilton. 

) Lewis and Clark. 

\ Webster's Dictionary. 

j Burr's Conspiracy. 

( Steamboat. 

} Slave Trade. 

/ Embaro-o Act. 



Directions. — i 



short sketch of Jefferson's 



Read any 

life. (That found in the cyclopedia is best.) 3. Read all 
at hand concerning the Tripolitan War. Determine its cause. 
How settled. 3. Read all you can find concerning the Or- 
dinance of 1787. How many and what States have been 
framed from the territory affected b}^ it? 4. Read the Burr- 
Hamilton duel as a separate topic. 5. Read a full account 
of Fulton's steamboat. Collect all the pictures of it you can. 

6. Read to determine what was meant by the British Right 
of Search. The Milan Decree. British Orders 

7. What body selected Jefferson as president.'' 
his opponent? 

queer queries. 

201. Who was the Sage of Monticello? 

303. What man fell in a duel on the same spot where 
his son had likewise fallen ? 

203. What man who lacked but one vote of becoming pres- 
ident afterward slept on the floor of a common jail at Rich- 
mond? 



in Council, 
Who was 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



57 



204. What president wrote his own epitaph? Repeat it. 

205. What was the paper called upon which Jefferson 
wrote the Declaration of Independence? 

206. What president, while yet a mere lad, rode an un- 
broken colt to death? 

207. What two States presented the District of Columbia 
to the U. S. Government? 

208. What did Washington lay his hands upon when he 
took the oath of office as president ? 

209. What did a poor schoolmaster do on the spot where 
Cincinnati now stands? (1789.) 

3 10. When do we hold our National election? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

21. Write a list of the presidents to 1S09, with the name 
of the vice-president opposite each. 

33. Name all the wars with the dates from 1789 to 1809. 

23. Make list of States admitted, with dates from 1789 to 
1809. 

2zj. How many and what States have been carved out of 
the Northwest Territory ? 

25. Name the members of Washington's Cabinet. Name 
title of each. 

26. Write a good history of the cotton gin. 

37. Tell all about the cause and the outcome of the A Vhisky 
Insurrection. 

28. What were the Alien and Sedition Laws? 

39. When and of whom did we purchase Louisiana? 
What did the Territory then include? 

30. Give a complete history of the steamboat. 



58 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



STUDY XIX. 



BLrACKBOARD FORM. 



Madison, 

« The True 

Republican." 



809 to 
1809] 
1810— 
1811 i 



1817. 
Embargo. 
Non-Intercourse. 
-Proclamation. 
Tippecanoe. 
Little Belt. 
War declared. 
Louisiana. 
1812^ Detroit. 

Queenstown. 

Naval Operations. 

Frenchtown. 

Fort Meigs. 

Fort Stephenson. 

Battle of Lake Erie. 

Thames. 

York. 

Fort George. 

Creek and Seminole. 

Sea Fights. 

Chesapeake. 

Fort Erie. 

Chippewa. 

Lundy's Lane. 

Fort Erie. 

Plattsburgh. 

Bladensburg. 

Baltimore. 

Fort McHenry. 

Sea Fights. 

Ghent. 

New Orleans. 

Sea Fights. 

U. S. Bank. 

Indiana. 



H 



1815 
1816 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 59 

Directions. — i. Read a good sketch of Madison's life. 
2. Read the battle of Tippecanoe as a separate topic. 3. 
Ditto the affair of the Little Belt. 4. Trace Hull in your author 
from Detroit into Canada, and back to place of surrender. 
Make form for Hull similar to that for Washington. 5. Trace 
General Harrison in the same manner through his campaigns. 
6. Read all you can find concerning the cause of this war 
and then frame your own answer. 7. Turn to Washington's 
Administration, read the author on the U. S. Bank, then read 
what is said of it in 181 1 and again in 1816. 8. Read to 
knotv why Jackson fought the battle of New Orleans after 
peace was declared. 

9, Be positive as to who Madison's vice-presidents were. 

10. Are the following i-esults of the war correctly stated? 

1. We gained the respect of European Nations and estab- 
lished the superiority of our little navy. 

2. We convinced the world that it was impossible for a 
foreign power to get a permanent foothold upon our own ter- 
ritory. 

3. Our attempts at invasion convinced us that we were a 
defensive nation. 

4. The British blockade made us a manufacturing nation 
and from this we derive our own independence among the 
nations of the earth. 

Can you give other ^(9C»rt? results? 

QUEER QUERIES. 

2 11. What did General Hull display as a sign of distress 
at Detroit? 

212. Upon what was General Pike sitting when he was 
blown up? 

213. How did Major Croghan defend Ft. Stephenson 
with its single gun? 

214. Who said, "Don't give up the ship"? 



6o UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

215. When Perry gained the victory on Lake Erie what 
dispatch did he send to General Harrison? 

216. Who said "I'll try, sir"? 

217. Who wrote the vStar-vSpangled Banner, and when? 
21S. In what part of the body w^as each American 

wounded at the battle of New Orleans? 

219. What did the Southein Indians think would happen 
when Tecumseh stamped upon the ground ? 

220. Why did Jackson fight the battle of New Orleans 
after the declaration of peace ? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

31. What troubled Massachusetts just two hundred years 
after Columbus discovered America? Tell of it. 

32. Name and tell of a discovery made three hundred 
years before the war of 1S12. 

33. Tell all about an important event which occurred two 
hundred years before Fulton tried his Clermont. 

34. Tell all about a rebellion which occurred one hundred 
years before the Declaration of Independence. 

35. Write the form for Washington's Administration. 

36. Ditto for John Adams's. 

37. Ditto for Thomas Jefferson's. 

38. Explain what is meant by the Reprisal Act. Alien 
and Sedition Laws. 

39. Ditto Napoleon's Milan Decree. British Right of 
Search. 

40. Ditto British Blockade. British Orders in Council. 
The Non-intercourse Act. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



6i 



STUDY XX. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Monroe, 

« The Poor 

but Spotless 

President." 



1817 
1817 
I818 

1819 

1820 

1821 
1S22 
1824 



to 1825. 

i Seminole. 
Mississippi. 
— Illinois. 

Alabama. 

Savannah. 

Florida. 

Maine. 

Mo. Compromise. 
— Missouri. 
— Monroe Doctrine. 
— La Fayette. 



Directions. — Read this administration in a general way. 
2. It would now be well to go back to the Brandy wine and 
trace La Fayette through the American Revolution. 3. Read 
your author to determine what the army of the West, Center, 
and the North did in 181 3. 4. Read all you can find con- 
cerning the Declaration of Independence. 5. Are you sure 
that you know what was meant by the Missouri Compro- 
mise? 

queer queries. 

221. Of whom has it been said that " if his soul was turned 
wrong side out there would not be found a single blot on it "? 

222. What president was the " father of a president"? 

223. Why was Monroe's second inauguration on the 5th 
of March? 

224. What was the name of the vessel which carried La 
Fayette home ? 

225. What was the first steam vessel that crossed the At- 
lantic ? 



b2 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

226. When was the American Bible Society estabhshed? 

227. Why were the Blue Laws of Connecticut so called? 

228. What was the length of an early New England ser- 
mon? 

229. If a woman went to sleep during one of these 
lengthy sermons what was done to wake her? 

230. Was slavery introduced in 1620 or 1619? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

Note. — You are to be graded on spelling, capitalization 
and paragraphing in this review. 

41. Write about Queen Anne's war. 

42. Write about the Missouri Compromise. 

43. Make a list of States admitted from 1789 to 1825. 
Give dates. 

44. Tell of La Fayette's visit in 1824. 

45. Explain what is meant by the Monroe Doctrine. 

46. Tell about the purchase of Louisiana and the cession of 
Florida. 

47. Make a list of presidents as far as studied, with the 
vice-presidents. 

48. What was the cause of the whisky insurrection? Tri- 
politan War ? War of 1 8 1 2 ? 

49. After studying the events of 181 3, write them. 

50. Write the form for Madison's Administration. Mon- 



^1 \^XiU(^ 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



63 



STUDY XXI. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Adams, 
"The Old 

Man 
Eloquent." 



f 1835 to 1S29. 
I 1826 \ Adams. 
■i (July 4) I Jefterson. 
1837 — Railroad. 
1S28 —Protective Tariff. 



Directions. — 1. Read any good sketch of John Q. 
Adams. 3. Read all you can find in your authors on the tariff 
question. 3. Read all at hand on the building of railroads. 4. 
Review Jefferson's Administration. 5. What was the effect 
upon the South of a high protective tariff"? Why ? 

QUEER QUERIES. 

331. What were Jefferson's last words? 

232. What body elected John Quincy Adams? Why? 

233. What were John Adams's last words? 

234. When did Jethro Wood invent his cast-Iron plow? 

235. What did the people call the tomato as late as 1828? 

236. How was the news of the completion of the Erie 
Canal "telegraphed " from Buffido to New York in 1S25. 

237. What was poured into New York Bay when the last 
gun fired ? 

238. What kind of rails had the first railroad? 

239. What did Washington say when he heard of Arnold's 
treason? 

240. Who laid the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument? 



written REVIEW. 

51. Tell all about the steamboat. 

52. Write about the war with Tripoli. 



64 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

53. Give a good account of the events of i775' 

54. Write a full account of the siege of Yorktown. 

55. Tell of the duty on tea, 1767; the Boston Tea Party, 

1773- 

56. Tell where Washington wintered each winter of the 

war. 

57. Tell of the Second Continental Congress and what it 
did. 

58. Tell all about Arnold's treason. 

59. Write the form for James Monroe's Administration. 
Events for 1754. 

60. How many and what kinds of government in colonial 
times? 




CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



65 



STUDY XXII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Jackson, 
The Fight- 



ing President. 



1S33 



1839 to 1837. 
I S3 1 — Monroe. 

Veto. 

" Shooting- Stars." 

Bhick Hawk's. 

Tariff Bill. 

S. C. Nullification. 

Asiatic Cholera. 
1833 — Hussey's Reaper. 
1S35 ^° ^^42 — Florida War. 
I S36 — Arkansas. 
1837 — Michigan. 



Directions. — i. As special topics read the Black Hawk 
\Var, vSouth Carolina Nullification, Seminole War, and Bank 
of the United vStates. 2. If a life of Davy Crockett can he 
secured, it would be well to read at least that part of it de- 
voted to the Alamo. 3. Apply the "Set Questions" to this 
administration. 

QUEER QUERIES 

241. Who was Old Hickory? 

242. How did Santa Anna select every tenth man out of 
his one hundred and seventy-eight prisoners for the purpose 
of shooting them ? 

243. What did Jackson say he would do with the NuUifiers? 

244. Who invented the first reaping machine with sickle- 
edged sectional bar, protected by guards? 

245. When was the first Testament printed for the blind? 
How can a blind person read from a book? 

246. What three ex-presidents died on the Fourth of July? 

S 



66 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

247. When John C. Calhoun resigned the vice-presidency 
in order to lead the Nullification party, what medal was struck 
and circulated in the South? 

.348. What did the Indians call Jackson? 

249. What did Washington say when told that his death 
must soon occur? 

250. Who shot Tecumseh? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

61. Write list of States admitted from 17S9 to 1837. Give 
dates and use the correct abbreviation. 

62. Write the blackboard form for each administration; if 
you are certain that you can write certain ones correctly, then 
omit them. 

63. Write causes of the Revolution. 

64. Write forms for Georgia. 

6'^. What was our Constitution from i777 to 1789? Name 
some of its defects. 

66. Name all the wars and rebellions from 1789 to 1837. 

67. Write a short history of Black Hawk's war. 

6^. Who is 3'our State senator? How chosen? Your U. 
S. senators? How chosen? How many U. S. senators? 

69. What nations engaged in American discoveries? 

70. Tell all about De Soto. 

Ay'e yo2c keeping you)' note book at hand while reading"., 
a7id collecting all the interesting notes possible? 

Are vou reproducing the blackboard for?ns daily as you 
advance P 

Are you usitig your own language to express what you 
know about the text 9 

Can you ajzszuerall the ^ueer Queries about the presidents P 

Do you read some larger history than your school edition P 
Do you do this in order to strengthe7t the text., or 7nerely for 
pastime P 

Will the word " yes " answer all of the above? ^ 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 67 



STUDY XXIII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Van Buren, 

" The Shrewd 

Statesman." 



1837 to 1^4^- 

o j Money Panic. 
1^37 I u Patriot War." 

o i Sub-treasury Bill. 
'S4o|Hard Cide,. 



Directions. — i. Read all you find concerning the Hard 
Cider campaign of 1840. 2. Who was Horace Mann and 
what did he do? Determine this by reading this topic in the 
cyclopedia. If none is at hand ask your teacher to explain. 
3. What changes in the names of parties? Federalists had 
become what? Republicans whatr* What new party in 
this campaign? 1840? 4. Tell all you can learn conceruing 
the Canadian rebellion, " Patriot War." 5. Read all that is 
said about the panic of '37. 6. Read causes of the Revolu- 
tion and War of 1812. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

251. What was wild-cat money? 

252. How did the Washingtonians originate? 

253. Who was Horace Mann? 

254. Who was the log-cabin candidate for president? 

255. What was the rallying cry of the Whigs in 1840? 

256. What people introduced " Santa Claus " to the chil- 
dren of the new world? 

257. What president married the same lady twice? 

258. John Randolph, of Roanoke, boasted of what lineal 
descent ? 

259. Who is the " Silent Man *'? 

260. Who was " the last of the Mohegfans "? 



68 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

71. Write a good sketch of Roger Williams. 
2. Write the blackboard form for James Monroe's Ad- 
ministration. 

73. Write list of presidents with vice-presidents as far as 
learned. 

74. Write list of presidents with the nickname of each. 

75. Write list of the cabinet officers at present. 

76. Make list of States admitted from 17S9 to 1841. 

77. Tell all about the battle of Trenton. 

78. Write a history of the Carolinas. 

79. Read what your author says about the framing of the 
Constitution and then write the same in your own language. 

80. Tell all about the settlement of Connecticut. 




CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 

STUDY XXIV. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



69 



Harrisoni 

"The Hero of 

Tippecanoe." 

Tyler, 

"The Accidental 

President-." 



1 84 1 to 1845. 
1 84 1 Harrison. 
1843 Dorr's Rebellion. 
1S43 Elias Howe. 

Mormon Troubles. 



'^44 I Telegraph. 
1845 Florida. 



Directions. — i. Read of the battle of Tippecanoe and 
niake list of the battles fought by Harrison. 2. Read Dorr's 
Rebellion as a separate topic. 3. Read all you can find con- 
cerning Elias Howe and his sewing-machine. 4. Read the 
full history of the Mormons, as found in the larger histories of 
the school. 5. Read the history of the telegraph and find out 
where and how the first line was built in the United States. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

261. What sect is called the " Latter Day Saints"? 

262. What was the first public dispatch sent over the 
.wires as a telegram? 

263. What is the Lone Star State? 

264. What is the Indian meaning of Iowa? 

265. Who was the only person in Tyler's Cabinet not re- 
signing? 

266. What was done with Dorr? 

267. Who was the founder of the Mormons? What do 
they practice? 

268. What State was once an independent Republic? 

269. What was the first sentence passed over the wires m 
1844? 

370. Who was the " Mill boy of the Slashes"? 



ho UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

Note. Review all the blackboard forms and be prepared 

to reproduce them on the board. 

8i. Write the form for Washington's Administration. 

82. Write the form for John Adams's Administration. 

83. Ditto for Thomas Jefferson's. 

84. Ditto for James Madison's. 

85. Ditto for James Monroe's. 

S6. Ditto for John Quincy Adams's. 

87. Ditto for Andrew Jackson's. 

88. Ditto for Martin Van Buren's. 

89. Ditto for William Henry Harrison's. 

90. Recite each form by making an appropriate sentence 
for each date as suggested in other forms. 




CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



7^ 



STUDY XXV. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Polk, 

" The Young 

Hickory of 

the Democracy." 



C 1845 ^^ 1S49. 

Texas. 



845 { 



1S46 \ 

1 



S47 



P'ort Brown. 

Iowa. 

Palo Alto. 

Resaca de la Palma. 

Monterey. 

Smithsonian Institute. 

Northern Boundary. 

Buena Vista. 

Vera Cruz. 

Cerro Gordo 

Contreras. 

Churubusco. 

Molino del Rey. 

Chapultepec. 

City of Mexico. 
f Wisconsin. 
1848 -j Guadaloupe Hidalgo. 
[^ Gold Discovered. 



Directions. — i. Read this administration in a general 
way but remember the cause of the Mexican War and the 
conditions of the treaty. 2. Make out as you read, a form like 
or similar to this. 

Corpus Christi. 

Fort Brown. 

Point Isabel. 

Palo Alto. 

Resaca de la Palm 

Matamoras. 

Monterey. 

Buena Vista. 



Taylor's 
Campaign. 



72 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



Recited thus: Taylor went from Corpus Christi to Fort 
Brown ; y)'(9;/2 Fort Brown to Point Isabel; froju Point Isabel 
to Palo Alto, etc. 

Repeat this as you point to the places named on the map. 
When you have this fixed in your mind, make out a similar 
form for General Scott's campaig-n. Study the little maps 
in your histories in order to get the location fixed. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

271. What \v'as the Democratic cry in the political cam- 
paign of 1 8-1-4? 

273. What was Captain Sutter doing when his workman 
discovered gold? 

273. Who was the founder of the Smithsonian Institute, 
and where is it? 

274. Why is the battle of Monterey sometimes called 
" the battle on the housetops"? 

275. Who was " Old Rough and Ready "? 

276. Who was the" Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains "? 

277. Who said, " I would rather be right than be presi- 
dent"? 

278. Who Avas "Young Hickory"? 

279. Who v^as the first "accidental president"? 
2S0. Who was the Great Pacificator? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

91. Write the causes of the Mexican War. 

92. Explain the Missouri Compromise. 

93. Trace Columbus from Palos through his voyages to 
his death. Trace with foim similar to that of the " Key to 
the Revolution. " 

94. How manv censuses have been taken to this date? 
When was the first taken? The last? How often do they 
occur ? 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 73 

95. Where is the center of popuhition of the United States? 
What is meant hy tlie center of population ? 

96. Write a sketch of Captain John Smith. 

97. Tell of the battle of Monterey. 

98. What treaties have we made with foreign nations? 
Give dates. 

99. What were the conditions of the treaty of Guadaloupe, 
Hidalgo? 

100. Trace Taylor from Corpus Christi to Buena Vista. 



Taylor, « Old 
Rough and Ready." 

Fillmore, " the 

Second Accidental 

President." 



STUDY XXVL 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

1849 to 1853. 
o j California, 

^ I Compromise Bill. 
Q j Henry Clay. 

•^ I Daniel Webster. 



Directions. — i. Read the" Gold Fever "of 1848 and 1849 
2. Read the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Omnibus 
Bill of 1850. 3. Read a sketch of Henry Clay and Daniel 
W^ebster. 4. Study John Quincy Adams's Administration. 5. 
Read events of 1 776. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

281. Who were the "Abolitionists"? "Filibusters"? 

282. What was "the Bill of Abominations " ? 

283. What president said in his inaugural address that " we 
are at peace with all the world and the rest of mankind"? 

284. Who said, " Give 'em a little more grape, Captain 
Bragg"? 

285. What were Webster's last words? 

286. Why was Taylor inaugurated on the 5th of March? 

287. What were the last words of John Quincy Adams? 



74 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

2S8. What was captured from Santa Anna at Cerro 
Gordo? 

289. What was meant by the " Hermitage"? 

290. Wlio hiid the corner-stone of De Kalb's monument? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

loi. How did Harrison gain his popularity ? Taylor? 

102. Make list of presidents with name of part}' to which 
each belonged. 

103. Make list of wars and rebellions from 17S9 to 1853. 
Write name of president opposite each. 

104. Write list of presidents and name of States from which 
they were elected. 

105. Which party elected the most presidents from 1789 to 
1853? What name was it known by? 

106. Write outline of Mexican War. 

107. What did we pay for Louisiana? Florida? Texas? 

108. What is a colonial government? A confederation? A 
constitutional government? 

109. What is the capital of the District of Columbia? 
What was done with that part of it ceded by Virginia? 

1 10. Make a list of the queer sayings of the presidents and 
others. 



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75 



STUDY XXVII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Pierce, 

" The Yankee 

President." 



1S53 to 1857. 

Gadsden's. 
Crystal Palace. 
E. K. Kane. 
Walker's. 
Japanese. 
Kansas-Nebraska. 
Kansas Struggle. 



•853^ 



'854 



Directions. — i. Read all you can find concerning the 
Arctic explorations. 2. Read all at hand on the subject the 
Gadsden purchase and the Kansas struggle. 3. Read Harri- 
son's and Tyler's Administration. 4. Can you whistle " Yan- 
kee Doodle"? (Let the whole school whistle it.) Find the 
poem entitled the " Battle of the Kegs " and read it. 5. Are 
you careful to frame the best possible sentence for each of the 
dates in the outline as you progress? Have you said " Pierce 
was president from 1S53 to 1857"? "In 1S54 the Gadsden 
purchase was made, the Crystal Palace exhibition was opened, 
Elisha Kent Kane went in search of Sir John Franklin and 
Walker's filibustering was put to an end "? If you do not 
do this as you read your histor}-^, then you will soon be left 
behind in your class. Do you write and rewrite these forms 
as you advance? Do you write the ansv^'ers to the written 
review questions? If you are neglecting any direction, what 
is it? 6. Review daily. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

291. What was Elisha Kent Kane searching for? 

292. What was the Kentuckian war cry in 1812 — 181 3? 



y6 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

293. What became of Hull's brass cannon which Brock 
captured ? 

294. What did Colonel Cass do when he learned of Hull's 
surrender? 

295. What was the Crystal Palace? 

296. What became of Walker the Filibuster? 

297. Who said, " I hope that the terms Excellency, Honor, 
Worship, Esquire and even Mr. shall shortly and forever 
disappear from among us?" 

298. What is the only title a president of the United States 
can claim ? 

299. What persons wrote the only interlinings in Jefferson's 
manuscript of the Declaration of Independence? 

300. What was a better shield from the arrows of the 
Indians than a coat-of-mail and the musket? 

HJf WRITTEN REVIEW. 

111. What is meant by the Gadsden Purchase? 

112. What is meant by Kansas-Nebraska Bill? 

1 13. What is meant by Panic of '37? 

114. What is meant by Milan Decree? 

1 15. What is meant by British Orders in Council? 
116. What is meant by Embargo Act? 

117. What is meant by Alien and Sedition Laws? 

118. What is meant by Monroe Doctrine? 

119. What is meant by Tariff of 1828? 

120. What is meant by Jackson's Veto? 

Note. Be particular that you word your writings so as to 

give the exact meaning of histories. Use your own la7iguage. 
Do not memorize the text. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 77 

STUDY XXVIII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

^1857 to 1861. 

1857 — ^^^^^ Scott. 
o o j Atlantic Cable. 
^ ^ ( Minnesota. 

-" ( Oregon. 
i860— S. C. Secedes. 
or \ C. S. of America. 

1861 { T^ 

Kansas. 



Buchanan, 

" The Bachelor 

President." 



Directions. — i. Search all your histories for notes on the 
Dred Scott decision. Trace hi in in his removals with his 
master. 3. Read any author on the John Bvown raid. 3. 
Read all you can find on the causes of the War of Secession. 
4. What is meant by the Confederate States of America? 
Where was its capital? When founded? 5. Read the causes 
of the Revolution. Of the Mexican War. 6. Write the 
story of Dred Scott in full. 7. Write that of John Brown's 
raid in full. 8. Take each date and key-word and test 3our 
knowledge as to whether you can tell the facts for each or not. 

I QUEER QUERIES. 

30 [. Who owned Dred Scott? 

302. How did the associate justices vote upon Judge 
Taney's " Dred Scott decision "? 

303. What was the length of the first Atlantic cable? 

304. Who was the "Prince of American Letters"? 

305. Who stooped to kiss a slav3 child on his way to ex- 
ecution? 

306. Where was the Confederate States of America or- 
ganized? Who was chosen as its first president? 



yS UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

307. What was the first vessel fired upon in 1861 ? 

308. What president went to his inaugural in disguise? 
Why? 

309. What was the leading principle of the Know-nothing 
party ? 

310. What does the middle stripe on our flag represent? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

121. Write a correct list of the presidents in order of serv- 
ing? 

122. Name States admitted under each president. 

123. Name wars under each. 

124. Name presidents elected by the Federalists (Whigs, 
Republicans). 

125. Anti-Federalists (Republicans, Democrats). 

126. Name those serving more than one term. 

127. Those serving less than one term. 

128. Give nick-names of the presidents. 

129. Give some peculiarity of each president. 

130. Which one do you admire most and why? 




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79 



STUDY XXIX. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

1619 — Slavery Introduced. 
1820 — Missouri Compromise. 
X828— Tariff Bill. 
1833— Tariff Bill. 
Causes j o . j Fugitive Slave Act. • 

^^^ I Compromise Measures, 
of the -{ \ Repeal of Missouri Compromise. 

1854 } Kansas Struggle. - 
Civil War. ( Party Disputes. 

1S56— The Elections. 
1857 — Dred Scott. x^^^ 
185c) — John Brown.-^ " 
1 860 — Secession. 

Note. Spend one or more lessons in tracing the progress of 

slavery from 1619 to i860. Study the results and the pro- 
ductions of slave labor. In which section of the IJ. S. would 
it naturally be expected to thrive? Why? What effect 
would slave labor in the South have upon manufacturing in- 
terests of the North, if any? Which section would favor a 
high tariff? A low tariff? Why? Are your conclusions 
correct? How could the Fugitive Slave Act embitter the 
South against the North? Why should the passage of the 
Kansas-Nebraska Bill affect the Missouri Compromise? 
How did the Kansas struggle affect both the North and the 
South? Why should Dred Scott's case have anything to do 
with hastening the commencement of the war? How could 
one man, viz., John Brown, affect a nation's welfare? Why 
was the secession of South Carolina considered the signal for 
hostilities? 

If you clearly understand all of the above, then you are 
ready for the study of the War of Secession (The Rebellion, 
The Great Civil War). 



8o 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



STUDY XXX. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Lincoln, the 
"Father of 
Emanci- 
pation." 



:S6i 



1862 -j 



1S63J 



E. 



W. 



W. 



E. 



Ft. Sumter. 
Big- Bethel. 
Bull Run. 



Carthage. 
Wilson's Creek. 



Mill Spring. 

Fts. I J^^"7- 

I Donelson. 

Pittsburg Landing. 

Perryville. 

Marfreeshoro. 

, Pea Rido-e. 
^ ^^ 

Williamsburg. 
Fiiir Oaks. 
Strasburg. 
Gaines's Mill. 
Malvern Hill. 
Cedar Mountain. 
Manassas. 
South Mountain. 
Harper's Ferry. 
Antietam. 
Fredericksburo-. 



Emancipation. 

Chancel lorsville. 
Gettysburg. 



E. 



W. 



Vicksburg. 



Chickamauga. 

Chattanooga. 
Draft Riot. 
West Virginia. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



8l 



BLACKBOARD FORM CONTINUED. 



1864-^ 



f Wilderness. 
J Spottsylvania. 
I Chambersburg. 
[^Winchester. 
Atlanta. 
Nashville. 
Savannah. 
^Ft. Pillovsr. 
Nevada Admitted. 



E. 



W. 



1865^ 



Columbia. 

Averysboro. 

Bentonville. 

Ft. Steadman. 

Five Forks. 

Petersburg. 

Appomattox C. H. 



Note. — If the teacher thinks best he may supply Baltimore 
Mob, Philippi, Rich Mountain, Balls Bluff, Belmont, Block- 
ade, Hatteras Inlet, Port Royal, Neutrality Proclamation and 
Trent affair in the events of 1861. 

In the same manner he may supply Savage's Station, Glen- 
dale, Chantilly, New Orleans, Merrimac and Monitor, Roan- 
oke Island, Nevvbern, Pulaski, Ft. Macon, Florida and 
Alabama for 1S63. 

For 1863, Port Hudson. 

For 1864, Cold Harbor, Lynchburg, Monocacy, Cedar 
Creek, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw, Franklin, Ft. McAlister, 
Olustee, Sabine Cross Roads, Pleasant Hill, Mobile, Ft. 
Fisher, Alabama and Kearsarge. 

The author prefers only those given in the outline as thev 
are the more important. 

Directions — i. In this war it will be well to study the 
positions of the several armies at the opening of each cam- 
paign. If this be carefully done then the student will more 
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82 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

readily follov/ the movements of those armies and discover 
the results in logical succession. Complete the study of each 
campaign ere commencing another. 

2. Another valuable help will be to trace each prominent 
general through the vi^ar (see Appendix), as in Washington's 
campaigns. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

311. What jfresident was called " The Rail Splitter".? 

312. Which president was never married? 

313. What is meant by " Sherman's march to the sea"? 

314. What battle was fought above the clouds? 

315. Why was Stonewall Jackson so-called? 

316. What general was killed by his own men? 

317. Why did General Scott resign? // 

318. Who was called the Rock of Chickamauga? ■• ^^ " 

319. What commander lashed himself to the mast of his 
vessel during a battle? 

320. Why was the war of secession not closed by a treaty? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

131. Name the four important French and Indian wars 
and the treaty closing each. 

132. Name all our foreign wars since 1789. 

133. Explain the principal social differences between the 
early settlers of Virginia and those of Massachusetts. 

134. Write good outline for any administration. 

135. Ditto for Pierce's Administration. 

136. Explain what is meant by the Emancipation Proc- 
lamation. 

137. Give a full account of the assassination of Lincoln. 

138. Trace General Grant from Cairo to Vicksburg. 
(Civil War.) 



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83 



1 39. Give a full account of the battle of Lake Erie. (Perry's 
Victory.) 

140. Where is Ghent? Guadaloupe Hidalgo? Ryswick? 
Eutrecht? Aix-la-Chapelle? Paris? (Refer to maps.) 



STUDY XXXI. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Johnson, 

" The Independent 

President." 



"The Third Acci- 
dental President." 



1865 to 1869. 

186=: i ^"^"^sty Proclamation. 
-^ ( Thirteenth Amendment. 
1 866 — Atlantic Cable. 

r Fourteenth Amendment. 
1 867 J Nebraska. 



j Purchase of Alaska. 
[Tenure of Office Bill. 
I S6S — Impeachment. 

Directions. — i. Look in your dictionaries for the mean- 
ing of amnesty, proclamation, amendment, tenure and im- 
peachment. 2. Read the Thirteenth and Fouiteenth Amend- 
ments to the constitution. 3. Read all your authors on the 
impeachment trial. 4. Read some sketch of the early days 
of Andrew Johnson. 5. Read events of i860 and 1S61. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

331. Which president was a tailor? 
322. Which one was a great wrestler? 

333. How was Jefferson Davis disguised when captured? 

334. What did John Wilkes Booth say when he shot Lin- 
coln? 

325. What president held a reception In the parlors of a 
vanquished " ex-president " ? 

326. What was the Confederate flag called? 

327. Who was "Honest Old Abe"? 



84 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

328. How can you arrange the names of Lincoln and his 
vice-president so as to spell the same both horizontally and 
vertically? 

329. What was the highest price ever paid for gold in the 
United States? Explain what is meant by this. 

330. Where w^s Jefferson Davis confined after his arrest? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

141. Write the substance of the Thirteenth Amendment. 
The Fourteenth Amendment. 

142. Write all you can about the impeachment. 

143. Give cause of the Mexican War. 

144. What was the Omnibus Bill? 

145. Tell about the settlement of California. 

146. Tell about the purchase of Louisiana, Florida, Alaska. 

147. Name thirteen original colonies, and tell when, where 
and by whom each was settled. 

148. Write form for King William's War. 

149. Write form for Buchanan's Administration. 

(Are you still reviewing a little each day? If not, how 
does your knowledge of history compare with that of your 
classmates?) 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 



85 



STUDY XXXII. 



BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Grant, 
"The Silent President." 1 



187: 



1877. 

Black Friday. 
Pacific R. R. 
-Fifteenth Amendment. 
Chicago Fire. 
Alabama Claim? 
Geneva Arbitration. 
Credit Mobilier. 
Boston Fire. 
Modoc War. 
Salary Grab. 
Financial Panic. 
Patrons of Husbandry. 
Charles Sumner. 
-Resumption Act. 
Centennial. 
Colorado. 
Custer's Defeat. 
-Electoral Commission. 



Directions. — i. If you do not find an account of Black 
Friday in your history, please ask your teacher to explain, 
3. Read the account of laying the last rail of the U. P. R. R. 
3. Memorize the Fifteenth Amendment. 4. Tell something 
about the orisfin and the masfnitude of the Chicag-o and the 
Boston fires. 5. Read all you can secure on the Credit 
Mobdier and the Geneva Arbitration. 6. Have your parents 
tell you about the Patrons of Husbandry. 7. Tell about 
Custer's defeat. 8. Tell all you can about the Centennial. 
9. Read a sketch of Charles Sumner. Also of Horace 
Greeley. 



86 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

331. Who was the " Sage of Chapaqua "? 

332. Who deHvered the prayer at the opening of the Cen- 
tennial exhibition at Philadelphia? 

333. Who delivered the Fourth of July oration at the Cen- 
tennial Exhibition? 

334. What president was taught to read and write by his 
wife? 

335. How did the vote stand on the impeachment of 
Johnson ? 

336. Who said, "I will fight it out on this line if it takes 
all summer"? 

337. Who was the "Little Giant"? 

338. What general would read his Bible while his army 
was preparing for battle? 

33-9. What fort was bombarded for two and one-half years? 
340. Of what metal were the last two spikes driven on the 
Pacific Railroad composed? 

WRITTEX REVIEW. 

150. Write a brief account of Black Friday. 

151. Give the substance of the Fifteenth Amendment. 

152. Give account of the Geneva Arbitration. The Credit 
Mobilier. 

153. Tell all about the Salary Grab. 

154. Write a short account of the Modoc War. The 
Sioux War. 

155. Give full account of the Burr-Hamilton duel. 

156. What is meant by the Articles of Confederation? The 
Constitution? 

157. What is United States History? 



CONSTITUTIONAL PERIOD. 87 



STUDY XXXIII. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 



Hayes, 
The Policy President." 



1877 to 1881. 

o j Railroad Riots. 

77 I Murphy Movement. 
o ^. { William C. Bryant. 
^^7^1 Yellow Fever. 
o j Negro Exodus. 
^^79 I Yellow Fever. 
1880 — U. S. Census. 



Directions.— I. Read the illustrated newspapers of 1877 
for a good idea of the railroad riots. 2. If your history does 
not give an account of the Murphy Mo\ement, have your 
teacher tell you of it. 3. Read any sketch of William C. 
Bryant and tell what poems he wrote. Which ones have you 
read ? 4. Relate in your own language the story of the Negro 
Exodus, and that of the yellow fever. 5. What was the 
population of the U. S. in 1880? Of your State? Of your 
township ? Of your city, or village ? 

queer queries. 

341. Who was the ''Tanner President"? 

342. What is meant by a "Granger"? 

343. How many locomotives were burned at Pittsburgh in 
the railroad riots? 

344. What is a " coolie"? 

345. Who said, "Go West, young man "? 

346. Who is the "Father of Greenbacks"? 

347. What man had "the longest funeral on earth"? 

348. What president in his inaugural address used the ex- 
pression, " With malice toward none, with charity for all"? 



88 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

349. What general of the RebeUion was designated as 
"Fighting Joe"? 

350. What was the " cheese box on a raft"? (1862.) 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

1 58. What amendments have been made to the Constitu- 
tion? What was the first and the last made? 

159. Describe the failures and the final success of the At- 
lantic cable. 

160. What States were admitted from 1789 to the present? 

161. What important railroad was completed in 1869? Give 
an account of the ceremonies on its completion. 

162. Write a short sketch of Horace Greeley. 

163. Describe the labor riots of 1877. Give causes. 

164. Make a good list of American authors. 

165. Make a list of important inventions with names of 
inventors. 

166. Give full account of presidential muddle of i876-'7. 

167. What was Hayes's policy? 




CONSTITaXIONAL PERIOD. 89 



STUDY XXXIV, 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

18S1 to 



Garfield, 

" The Teacher 

President." 

Arthur, 

« Fourth Accidental 

President." 



( Star Route Investig-ation. 
1 88 1 J ^^sassination. July 2. 
] Garfield, Sept. 19. 
I^Yorktown. 

188'' -S ^^^^^'^" Hang^ed. 

" ( Mississippi Floods. 
OQ^ \ Ohio Floods. 
'^^3 I Tariff Bill. 

Directions. — i. If your histories do not contain the his- 
tory for 1 881-1883, it will be necessary for you to question 
those who are likely to know. If you have a file of any 
newspaper it would be well to leaf it for the information con- 
cerning the assassination of President Garfield, the Yorktow^n 
Centennial, the trial and execution of Guiteau, the Mississippi 
and the Ohio floods. The Pictorial Press will be the best 
reference. If you have no such files, borrow one of a friend 
or spend an evening with him in looking over the topics 
named. 2. Allow the writer to suggest that we do not pay 
enough attention to current history in our school work. The 
live teacher or the wide-awake pupil will note every cur- 
rent event of any importance. Let us set about it to make an 
historical scrap-book in which we shall file all historical notes 
of whatever moment, cut from the daily or weekly paper of 
each issue. 

QUEER QUERIES. 

351. Why is Garfield called the " Teacher President "? 

352. Who shot Garfield? 

353- Why are certain presidents called " Accidental ".? 



90 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

354. What is a Star Route ? 

355. Why does it anger an Indian brave to ask him his name ? 

356. What is meant by the "Joint High Commission "? 

357. What States presented the spikes which laid the last 
rail on the Union Pacific Railroad in 1S69? 

358. Who projected iind built the St. Louis bridge? 

359. What were Retrace Greeley's last words? 

360. What was a " Carpet-bagger"? 

WRITTEN REVIEW. 

168. What was the first and the last battle of the Revolu- 
tion? 

169. The Mexican War? 

170. War of 1 81 2? 

171. War of Secession? 

172. French and Indian War? 

173- Give full account of Custer's defeat. 

174. Name the seceding States. 

175. Tell all about the Trent affair. 

176. Tell all about the Geneva Arbitration. 

i77' Give short sketch of the battle of Gettysburg. 



QUEER QUERIES. OI 



MORE QUEER QUERIES'. 



A few more queries are appended for the purpose of aiding 
the teacher and the pupil In historical research. A large num- 
ber of the queries are inserted for the purpose of leading the 
student to a knowledge of something else in his reading, to 
verify the answers appended. It is hoped that the teacher at 
least will read to .satisfy himself as to the correct answers to 
all the queries. 

The teacher may draw upon the following list at his leisure 
in the class; or he may substitute any of these for others in 
the regular lesson. 

Let both teacher and pupil vie with each other in adding 
new queries to this list. 

361. Who was Sir John Mandeville? 

363. Why cannot the people of the Ant- Arctic continent 
see the North Star? 

363. How did Sir John Mandeville say the earth turned? 

364. How many persons signed the Mayflower Compact? 

365. What early document contains the germ of the Arti- 
cles of Confederation and of the Constitution? 

366. When did the Emancipation Proclamation take effect? 

367. What general of the Revolution was called the " No 
flint general "? 

368. What air did the British general order played when 
his army entered Philadelphia? 

369. Where did a house save the British from defeat? 

370. How did Luther Holcomb hold Governor Tryon's 
army in check at Bethel? 

371. What did Congress do for Lieutenant-Colonel Barton 
who captured General Prescott at Newport? 



92 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



372. Who said, "O mein Cot! mein Cot! I kivs up. Hur- 
rah for KingShorge!" 

373- What was found withhi the hollow silver bullet which 
the messenger so hastily swallowed when captured by Gov- 
ernor Clinton? 

374. What was the greatest proof of Washington's patriot- 
ism? 

375. Who said, " It is finishing a noble career early. I 
die the victim of my ambition and the avarice of my king; but 
dying in the arms of honor, I have no regrets"? 

376. Who was "Marshal Forritz"? 

377. What old lady continued her spinning while a battle 
was going on in the vicinity of her house ? 

378. Who was styled the " Father of the Constitution "? 

379. Who was the " Lowland Beauty "? 

3S0. Who was called the firmest pillar of Washington's 
Administration ? 

38 1. Who was Washington's strongest rival? 

383. How did Washington cross the Delaware en route to 
his first inauguration? 

383. What did Conway write to Washington when he 
thought himself mortally wounded in the duel ? 

384. Is the term " President's Cabinet " known in the Con- 
stitution ? 

385. Who was known as the " Hair-buying General"? 

386. Who wrote " The Battle of the Kegs "? 

387. Where were the drowned lands mentioned in Clark's 
expedition to Illinois? 

388. Why did Daniel Boone remove to Missouri ? 

389. Who was cut down while at prayer in the Cherry 
Valley massacre? 

390. Where are the remains of Daniel Boone? 

391. How did the little school-girls save their schoolmates 
in a capture of the school by Brandt and his Indian allies? 



QUEER QUERIES. ^^ 

393. What was the old name for the State'of Tennessee? 

393. What were Sergeant Jasper's last words? 

394. Why did Patrick Henry refuse to accept any public 
office at the capital ? 

395. How did a mirror betray the approach of the British 
at Horse Neck? 

396. Who was the first Roman Catholic Bishop in the 
United States? 

397. V/ho was the first Bishop of the Episcopal Church? 

398. From where was the cotton seed brought which was 
first planted in Georgia? 

399. Where and when was the first cotton-mill erected in 
the United States? 

400. We frequently hear and see the expression " Cradle 
of Liberty." What and where is it ? Have you seen it ? 

401. What was the countersign at Stony Point when 
Wayne made his attack ? 

403. When were the first cigars smoked in the United 
States? 

403. Who was the only white man that the Six Nations be- 
lieved entered heaven? 

404. What was Franklin's new stove called? 

405. What man threw his sword away and prayed for death 
when he saw his fellows falling in battle around him? 

406. What president was elected on the thirty-sixth ballot 
in the House of Representatives? 

407. What colonel with four men captured five British 
vessels (four of them armed with heavy guns) and a detach- 
ment of the army ? 

408. What did Paul Jones say when the Serapis hailed 
him and asked if he had " struck his colors "? 

409. Who was the first president who wore shoe strings 
instead of the shoe buckle ? 



94 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

410. Who was the " Carolina Game Cock"? 

411. Who was the " Bayard of the South " ? 

412. What did Marion use for phUes when the British officer 
dined with him? 

413. What became of the officer v/ho dined on potatoes 
with Marion? 

414. Who said, " Hunger is the best sauce"? 

415. What did " Big George" say to Lieutenant Slocumb 
as he chased the British into his very yard? 

416. How did Nancy Hart capture the Tory? 

417. Where did Andrew Jackson figlit his first battle? 

418. As Gates was on his way South what did Charles Lee 
say to him by way of caution? 

419. What did Gates mean by talking of Burgoyning 
Cornwallis ? 

420. What two opposing generals had planned a midnight 
attack upon each other? 

421. Where did the Southern patriots procure their powder 
during the Revolution? 

422. What minister's wife was shot while she was praying 
at her own bedside? 

423. What presidents delivered their inaugural address in 
person? 

434. Why were there no States admitted during the Rev- 
olution ? 

425. What chaplain whose wife had been murdered said, 
" Now, boys, put Watts into them " ? 

426. What party was called the " Bucktails " in the time of 
Madison? 

427. Which party was called " Loco Focos " ? 

428. Who killed Braddock? 

429. Who were the " Barn-burners" ? " Hunkers " ? " Hard 
shells"? "Soft Shells"? 

430. What was the Palmetto Cockade? 



QUEER QUERIES. 95 

431. Who said, " To the victors belong the spoils "? 

432. What family connection between Jefferson Davis and 
Zachary Taylor? 

433. What was the first displacement for political cause on 
record ? 

434. When was the Congressional library established by 
act of Congress? 

435. What was termed "The palace in the wilderness"? 

y 436. Who said, " I have laid down the law out of the books 
many a time in my long life, but this is the first time they 
have laid me down "? 

437- What admiral prayed to the God of battles for aid to 
overcome the British just as he was going into battle ? 

438. Who displayed the first flag of the United States at 
Constantinople? 

439. What became of Stephen Decatur? 

440. When Bonaparte heard of Washington's death, what 
order did he issue? 

441. When did Fulton receive his patent for a steamboat? 
443. What is the Indian meaning for Ohio? 

443. What ruined Aaron Burr? 

444. What two States indicted Aaron Burr for killing 
Hamilton? 

445. Why did John Randolph, of Roanoke, leave the Re- 
publican party? 

446. What did John Randolph call the Northern politicians 
who favored the measures of the South? 

447. Who first enunciated the doctrine of State Rights? 

448. What did Randolph say when he first met the Em- 
peror of Russia? 

449. What was the "O-grab-me Act"? 

450. What is the Indian meaning for Tecumseh (Tecum- 
tha)? 

451. What was the Prophet's real name (the brother of 
Tecumseh)? 



96 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

453. When George Clinton died, who assumed the duties 
of vice-president ^r(9 tern? (April 20, 1813.) 

453. What wasjosiah Quincy called in 1S13? 

454. What vessel threw the first shot after the declaration 
of war in 181 3? (June 19, 181 3.) 

455. What was the inscription on Hull's brass cannon capt- 
ured at Detroit? 

456. What did some of the British officers do when they 
captured Hull's brass cannon? 

457. What was the sentence of Hull, who surrendered at 
Detroit? 

458. What did Scott do nt Queenstown Heights when the 
tide of battle turned against him? 

459. \Vhat Indians tried to kill Scott while he was a pris- 
oner at Niagara ? 

460. When Proctor failed to check the savages in their cru- 
elty to prisoners, what did Tecumseh say to him? 

461. Who said, " Don't give up the ship "? 

463. Where does David Glascoe Farragut first appear in 
the army? 

463. WJiat was the inscription on Commodore Perry's 
banner? 

464. What was Pcrrv's dispatch to Geneial Harrison? 

465. What was found on Commodore Barclay's ship when 
captured by Perr}^? 

466. What became of Perry's ship, the Lawrence. 

467. W^hatdid the school children sing shortly after the 
death of Tecumseh? 

468. How did Jackson save the life of an Indian babe whose 
mother had been slain? 

469. What party bore the odious title of" Blue Light Fed- 
eralists"? 

470. What was General Scott's speech at the battle of Chip- 
pewa? 



QUEER QUERIES. 97 

471. What battle was fought amid the roar of the Niagara 
Fulls? 

472. What British colonel went into battle crying, " Give 
the Yankees no quarter"? 

473. What battle was fought on Sunda}^ in the war of iSi 2 ? 

474. In what retreat did the Americans lose but one man? 
(He ran till he died from sheer exhaustion.) 

475. What has been called the "• Bladensburg Races "? 

476. What building was burned by a motion and a vote of 
the soldiers? 

477. WHiat vice-president died in a carriage while riding 
to the capitol. 

47S. Why was Jackson fined $1,000 by a New Orleans 
judge ? 

479. What is meant by the Dartmoor massacre? 

480. Who was " Washington's boy minister"? 

481. What has been called the "Haystack prayer-meeting"? 

482. What was the "Genius of Universal Emancipation "? 

483. How many stripes had our flag in 1795? 

484. What State is the " Mother of Presidents " ? 

485. What president was the son of a president? 

486. Who first proposed the construction of the Erie Canal? 

487. Who threw the first shovelful of earth in commencing 
the structure of the Erie Canal? 

488. What was Adams's last toast? 

489. Who ran the first locomotive on a railroad in America? 

490. Who built the first experimental locomotive in 
America ? 

491. When was the first successful locomotive of American 
construction introduced? 

492. When was the corner-stone of the Baltimore & Ohio 
Railroad laid? 

493. What president frequently used the expression, " By 
the Eternal"? 



^8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

494. What was put on board the schooner Michigan when 
it was sent over the falls of Niagara in 1S29? 

495* ^Vhat became of these animals? 

496. The initial letters of what motto spell the word Whig? 

497. When was the grand meteoric shower? 

495. Who said, " Here I hunted when aboy ; here m}' father 
lies buried; here I wish 'to die"? 

499. Who was the first president born after the Revolution? 

500. Who was "Old Tippecanoe"? 

501. Who was " Sweet Anne Symmes " ? 

502. Who v^as the eniy presidentsmarried while in office? 

503. What was the " Peacemaker " and what became of it? 
1^04. When the British invaded Washington what did Mrs. 

Madison do with the portrait of Washington? 

505. Who wrote " The American Conflict"? 

506. What was Taylor's command to Captain May at Re- 
saca de la Palma? 

507. What was the battle cry at Buena Vista? 
i^oS. Who wrote the " Angels of Buena Vista"? 

509. What was the name of Taylor's war-horse? 

510. What became of the pen with which President Polk 
signed the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo? 

511. Who were the " Free vSoilers" ? 

513. What presidents have been inaugurated on March the 

5th? 

513. What president had not voted for forty years when 
nominated for president? 

514. When asked to name his politics, what did General 
Taylor reply ? 

515. What did Secretary of the Navy Preston say when 
he went aboard the Pennsylvania at Gosport Navy Yard ? 

516. What was Taylor's first and last surrender? 

517. Who were the " Silver Grays "? 
51S. Who were the " Wooly Heads"? 



QUEER QUERIES. 99 

519. Who were the " Snuff- Takers"? 
•520. What is Uncle Tom's Cabin " ? 

531. Who are called "Jayhawkers "? 

532. Who were the "Know-Nothings"? 

533. What was the cry of the Know-Nothing party? 

534. Who was " Old Ossawattomie" ? 

525. What did Lincoln do on the anniversary of Washing- 
ton's birthday (1861)? 

536. Who fired the first gun in the war of the Rebellion? 

527. What relation was Robt. E. Lee to " Light Horse 
Harry"? 

528. Who was called the " Young Napoleon"? 

529. What general rode into battle with his bridle rein in 
his teeth and his sword in his hand? 

530. What became of Kearney? 

531. Why did not Lincoln issue the Emancipation Procla- 
mation in July, 1862? (He wrote it in this month.) 

533. Who tried to turn the " Father of Waters " around 
Vicksburg? 

533. Whose command went into the battle at Chancellors- 
ville singing, " Old Joe Hooker will you come out of the 
wilderness"? 

534. Who killed Stonewall Jackson? 

535. What Confederate general was accustomed to prayer 
when planning a battle? 

536. What Confederate would lie on his back and read his 
Bible while his troops were getting ready for battle? 

537. Who said, when informed that he could not survive 
nis wounds, " It will be infinite gain to be translated to 
heaven" ? 

538. What were Jackson's (Stonewall) last words? 

539. While the battle of Gettysburg was in progress what 
was Grant doing at Vicksburg? 

540. What was the " vSwamp Angel "? 



lOO UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

541. Who delivered the address at the dedication of Gettys- 
burg Cemetery? 

543. What did Colonel Moore say when John H. Morgan 
asked him to surrender at Tebb's Bend, on Green River, 
Kentucky ? 

543. What did Sedgwick say just as he was struck by a 
minie-ball? 

544. Who said, " I propose to fight it out on this line if it 
takes all summer"? 

545. What was found on Gettysburg battle-ground two 
years afterward? 

546. What was the premium for gold in Richmond in 
1864? 

547. What became of the assassination conspirators? 

548. W^ho is the author of" Swing around the circle"? 

549. What vice-president elect borrowed " money enough 
to be inaugurated upon"? 

550. What did Ethan Allen believe would be the future 
state of the soul ? 

551. What places have been the capital of the United 
States since 1776? 

553. From what government did we purchase Alaska? 
When? What the price? 

553. What State was framed from the territory of another 
State? 

554. What was La Fayette's full name? 

555. Can a foreigner become president of the United 
States? 

556. What president was a fomous wrestler? 

557. Who administers the oath of ofiice to the president 
elect? 

558. What trees are celebrated in our history? 

559. What is the president's salary? 

560. Who is the commander-in-chief of our army? 



QUEER QUERIES. lOI 

561. What is the president's salary per day 
•562. Who received Washington's commission when he re- 
signed? 

563. Who could never read the " Trade Acts" without a 
curse? 

564. Is a negro a colored man? 

565. Is a white man a colored man? 

566. What little girl two years of age exploded " Hell 
Gate" ? 

567. What is a white negro called ? 

568. What is the height of the Lmcoln monument at 
Springfield, 111.? 

569. Where is Captain Kidd's punch bowl? 

570. What is the number ot United States senator* in Con- 
gress? 

571. Where is Grant's strong-box of the United States? 

572. Who administered the oath of office to Abraham 
Lincoln? 

573* What color were the stamps of 1765? 
574. When did the Puritan vSabbath begin? 
575* Who delivered the funeral sermon of Abraham 
Lincoln? 

576. When was the great seal of the United States adopted? 

577. What is the Blue Hen State? 

578. What did Congress vote to donate General La 
Fayette? 

579. Who is the governor of your State? 
580- Who is chief justice of the United States? 

581. What secretary of state was stabbed in his own bed? 
583. What States did not vote for president in 1789? Why? 

583. Who made a fortune smuggling tea in molasses hogs- 
heads? 

584. Is the vice-president a member of the president's 
cabinet ? 



I02 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

585. What was said of Monroe's soul? 

586. Who were the Mound-builders? 

587. Who is said to have been the first child born of Euro- 
pean parents in this country? 

58S. What did Columbus call the Orinoco? 

589. What is meant by Acadia? 

590. What is meant by the Albany Regency? 

591. Where was New Albion? 

592. What is meant by " The Almighty Dollar "? 

593. What is the Badger State? 

594. What is the Bear State? 

595. What gave rise to Hopkinson's mock-heroic poem, 
« The Battle of the Kegs "? 

596. What is meant by the Blue Laws of Connecticut? 

597. Why is the "Blue Hen" State so called? 

598. Who was Sir Jack Bragg? 

599. Who led the towns-people in the Boston Massacre of 
March 5, 1770? 

600. How did the name Brother Jonathan originate? 

601. What is the Buckeye State? 

602. What is the origin of the phrase, "All for Buncombe"? 

603. What is meant by John Chinaman? 

604. What is the origin ot Columbia? 

605. What is the Corn-Cracker State? 

606. Who was Ichabod Crane? 

607. What is meant by the "Dark Day"? 

608. What is meant by Dixie? 

609. Who was the learned blacksmith? 

610. What is meant by Mason and Dixon's Line? 

611. Who was " Old BuUion"? 

612. Who was " Old Public Functionary"? 

613. What president was called the " Rail Splitter"? 

614. What is meant by " He has gone up Salt River "? 

615. Why are lUinoisans called Suckers? 



aUEER QUERIES. lO^ 

6i6. What Is the origin of the cant phrase, " Uncle Sam "? 

617. Who was known as the" Wagoner Boy"? 

618. What is meant by the Western Reserve? 

619. Why is the president's house called the " White 
House " ? 

630. Who read the funeral service by torch-light over Gen- 
eral Braddock's grave? 

62 1 . Who was the first settler in this country ? Is he living ? 

622. What precious burden did Thomas Hooker's com- 
pany carry through the wilderness of Massachusetts and Con- 
necticut? 

623. What became of Wirz, the keeper of Andersonville 
Prison? 

624. What State prohibits the election of ministers to its 
general assembly? 

625. Who were Johnson's vice-presidents? 

626. What is a congressman's traveling expenses per mile 
as allowed by the acts of Congress? 

637. Was the Southern Confederacy ever acknowledged as 
a government abroad? 

628. What presidents were not inaugurated March the 4th? 

629. Where is General Custer buried? 

630. What is the largest vessel in the world? 

631. Who is the author of the *' Battle Cry of Freedom "? 

632. What was done with the body of John Wilkes Booth? 

633. Where is the center of population of the United States? 

634. What woman was hanged on Boston Common on 
account of her religious belief? 

635. Who patented the first reaper? 

636. Does a convict in the penitentiary still draw his pen- 
sion from the U. S. government? 

637. What became of Captain Kidd? 

63S. Do the representatives from a Territory have a vote in 
Con";ress? 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



639. Are pensioners exempt from poll-tax ? 

640. Does the president and his cabinet give bond on enter- 
ing upon their duties? 

641. Which president's wife suppressed the use of wines in 
the White House? 

642. How is the District of Columbia represented in Con- 
gress ? 

643. Who were the members of the Electoral Commission? 

644. How many mints are there in the United States? 

645. Who was the "Dark Horse" president? 

646. How much salary did President Grant draw? 

647. From whence did Lincoln derive his power for declar- 
ing the slaves free? 

648. Who introduced the Electoral Commission bill? 

649. Who was the only president elected by a Presidential 
Commission? 

650. Why did David Davis, of Illinois, resign the presidency 
of the Senate one day before his term expired? 

651. What vessel first circumnavigated the globe? 

652. What court tried and condemned Mrs. vSurratt? 

653. When a captured vessel is brought into port, in what 
position is her flag carried? 

654. What president did not draw his salary until the ex- 
piration of his term of ofSce? 

655. Who was the wealthiest president? 

656. What is the size and proportion of our flag? 

657. How many men were called for during the Great Re- 
bellion? 

658. What became of the great Corliss engine used to run 
the machlncrv at the Centennial? 

659. What two individuals captured Jefferson Davis? 

660. Did the soldiers who captured Jefferson Davis receive 
the reward offered for his capture? 

661. Who did Andrew Jackson kill in a duel? 



QUEER QUERIES. I05 

662. What became of Santa Anna's cork leg captured at 
Cerro Gordo? 

663. What is the meaning of the cabahstic numerals, 8 to 7? 

663. When was the stars and bars flag adopted? 

664. Did any of the Northern States ever tolerate slavery? 

665. What was the inscription placed on the stone marking 
the grave of the victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre? 

666. What is meant by " the year without a summer "? 

667. What noted explorer left his native country on accoimt 
of debt? 

668. Who were the Democratic presidents? 

669. What population must a Territory have before it can 
be admitted as a State? 

670. Why do we vote for electors in voting for our presi- 
dent instead of voting directly for this officer? 

671. May a president be re-elected more than once? 

673. What officer in our government is known as " the ci- 
pher officer " ? 

673. How many steps in the stair-case of the Bunker Hill 
Monument? 

674. What Js a revenue cutter? 

675. What is meant by a copyright? 

676. What is meant by the Credit Mobilier of America? 

677. What caused the duel between Aaron Burr and Alex- 
ander Hamilton ? 

678. What was the immediate cause of Daniel Webster's 
death? 

679. What became of the wife of Benedict Arnold after his 
flight to England? 

680. What vessels laid the first Atlantic cable? 

681. Why is the Western Reserve so-called? 

683. Who were the commanders of the army in the Black- 
hawk War? 

683. What is meant by a congressman-at-large? 



lo6 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

684. Who is Petroleum V. Nasby ? 

685. Who issued the first National Thanksgiving Procla- 
mation ? 

686. If the president and the vice-president were both un- 
able to serve, who would become president? 

687. How was the $15,500,000 of the Geneva award trans- 
ferred to the United States Government? 

688. If the 4th of March falls on Sunday of the year for the 
president's inauguration, why not have the ceremonies on that 
day? 

689. What is meant by the Associated Press? 

690. What is meant by the Grand Army of the Republic? 

691. Must cadets graduating from West Point Military 
Academy serve a certain length of time in the Regular Army ? 

692. What is meant by murder in the first degree? Second? 
Third? 

693. What do the letters " C. C," « O." and " S." signify 
on some of our coins ? 

694. Who shot Col. Ellsworth at Alexandria? 

695. When were the first amendments to the constitution 
ratified? 

696. Was Aaron Burr piniished for killing Alexander Ham- 
ilton? 

697. What is a "bureau" in our government? 

698. What is a battery? 

699. What is the date for Black Friday? 

700. What is meant by the " meteoric shower of 1833 " ? 

701. When was our present national banking system es- 
tablished by law? 

702. How can a man get a half xoie in an election? 

703. Why were the " Barn-burners" so-called? 

704. What, when and where was the first secret society 
ever organized in the United States? 

705. What did the Powhattans call tobacco? 



QUEER QUERIES. I07 

706. What was Lincoln's disguise when he went through 
Baltimore en route for inauguration? 

707. Did Sir Walter Raleigh ever visit America? 

708. Which State has the greatest number of penitentiaries? 

709. Which State pays the greatest amount of internal rev- 
enue? 

710. When did the neads of the several departments become 
members of the cabinet? 

711. Who designed the Monitor? 

712. What establishes the government of a Territory? 

713. Does a Territory have a Legislature? 

714. What are the successive steps in changing a Territory 
to a State? 

715. What is meant by "the blue book" of the U. S. 
government? 

716. What is the "star-spangled banner"? 

7 1 7. Who suggested the five pointed stars found on our flag ? 

718. Why should Mrs. Ross make the first flag? 

719. What does the great seal of the United States show? 

720. Who were first appointed as a committee to devise a 
great seal for the United States? 

721. Can you describe the great seal of the U. S.? 

722. How many military academies have we? 

723. Why was Magellan lame? 

724. Where and when was the old Liberty Bell first cast? 

725. How did the Americans protect the Liberty Bell 
during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British? 

726. Who first suggested the Centennial? 

727. Who introduced the resolution which led to the Cen- 
tennial celebration? 

728. It is stated that Spaniards introduced the horse after 
the discovery of America; is this true? 

729. Was there a native living horse on the continent of 
America when It was discovered ? 



Io8 . UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

730. What member of Congress was never late at roll 
call? 

731. Who is saia "to have saved the Union three times"? 

732. What ex-president of the United States served nine 
terms in Congress? 

733- When and where was the Bible adopted as a constitu- 
tion by a convention? 

734. Why has Rhode Island two capitals? 

735* Which one of the United States contams two mount- 
ams of iron? 

736. What is the difference between biography and history? 

737- Why did the British burn the city of Washington in 
the war of 1812? 

738. Why was not Major Andre shot? 

739. When Lincoln died how long were we without a 
president? 

740. What was the inscription placed on Lincoln's wooden 
coffin at Washington? 

741. Who took Secretary William H. Seward's place 
while he was recovering from his wounds? 

742. Who were the pall-bearers at Lincoln's funeral? 

743. What other presidents had lain in death where Lincoln 
rested at the White House? 

744. Since the room where the funeral services were held 
would seat but six hundred persons how was the crowd kept 
away? 

745. Who made the opening prayer at Lincoln's funeral? 

746. What was the amount of Jefferson Davis's bond and 
what person signed it? 

747. Will John Howard Payne have a monument? 

748. What is meant by the " City of the Dead"? 

749. How many horses drew the hearse at Lincoln's fu- 
neral, Washington City? 

750. Who embalmed Lincoln? 



QUEER QUERIES. IO9 

751. Who was standing on a rock in deep meditation as 
the funeral car of Lincohi passed through Lancaster? 

752. Into what building of Philadelphia was Lincoln's 
body carried? 

753. How many horses were used to draw the funeral car 
of Lincoln at New York City? 

754. What inscription did the ladies of Henry Ward 
Beecher's church inscribe upon their flag used at Lincoln's 

funeral ? 

755. Who wrote the " Ode for the Burial of Abraham 

Lincoln"? 

756. What was placed in Lincoln's coffin at New York 

City? 

757- Where was the hearse used in Lincoln's funeral at 
Springfield obtained ? 

758. What three persons who left Springfield with Presi- 
dent Elect Lincoln returned with his funeral train? 

759. What animal was lead at the rear of the pall-bearers 
in Lincoln's funeral procession at Springfield? 

760. What was the total length of Lincoln's funeral train? 

761. What State has the honor of furnishing the design for 
Lincoln's monument? 

762. What is the origin of O. K.? 

763. What was the inscription on the stone sent to Abra- 
ham Lincoln by the citizens of Rome? 

764. Where was this stone found? 

765. Can you make out a list of the cabinet officers to-day? 

766. Where is the grandest suspension bridge in the world ? 

767. Was the United States ever out of debt? 

768. What States have compulsory educational laws? 

769. What was the cost of Bunker Hill Monument? 

770. What became of" Old Abe," the war eagle? • 

771. What presidents were Freemasons? 

772. Who was Washington's wife? 



no UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

773. Who nominated Lincoln as a candidate for the presi- 
dency ? 

774. Who was the lost child of America? 

775. When were the last slaves brought to the United 
States ? 

776. Why did not Robert R. Livingston sign the draft of 
the Declaration of Independence? 

777. Who was Peter Parley? 

778. Who was the " Great American Commoner"? 

779. Did President Hayes take the oath of president on 
Sunday? 

780. It is said that John Paul Jones sailed for the Texel 
when he gained a remarkable victory over the English vessel 
near the coast of England. What and where is the Texel? 

781. Who were Grant's secretaries of state? 
783, Why are criminals hanged on Friday? 

783. Who is author of " Curfew must not ring to-night"? 

784. Who is "Josh Billings"? 

785. Who invented the stove first used in America? 

786. Who was the boy that climbed to the highest point 
of the natural bridge in Virginia? 

787. In which one of the United States are the counties 
called parishes? 

788. What poet's wife was burned to death in her own 
home? 

789. Upon what was Stonewall Jackson lying when he ex- 
pired ? 

790. What president took the oath of of^ce twice within 
two days? 

791. Who said, " This is a country and not a league"? 

792. Who said, " He serves his party best who serves his 
country best"? 

793. Who said, " We are one nation to-day and thirteen to- 
morrow" ? 



QUEER QUERIES. Ill 

794. Who were called the Johnnies during the great Re- 
bellion ? 

795- Who was the " Sage of Mentor"? 

796. What were Arnold's last intelligent words? 

797. What presidents were senators? 

798. What presidents had served as generals in the army? 
' 799. Who was the first president to grow a beard while in 
office? 

800- What was the religious sentiment of the presidents? 

801. What presidents were reared in poverty? 

802. What portraits are found on our postage stamps? 

803. Where was the song "John Brown's body lies mold- 
erino^ in the orrave" first sung:? 

804. When was the postage stamp first used in the United 
States? 

805. Which one of the early explorers taught school atone 
time? 

806. The wives of what ex-presidents are now drawing 
pensions ? 

807. What is meant by the "president's flag"? 

808. What was Washington's weight? 

809. What president Is buried in the folds of the American 
flag? 

810. Who wrote the "Old Oaken Bucket"? 

811. What was the Indian name for Connecticut? 

812. What are the inscriptions on the Yorktown monu- 
ment? 

813. What did Guiteau say when he shot Garfield? 

814. What Is meant by the Oneida Community? 

815. What chapter of the Bible did Garfield kiss when in- 
augurated ? 

816. Who may perform the marriage ceremony? 

817. Who was the first woman cremated in the United 
States? 



112 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

8 1 8. Did Gen. Robert E. Lee surrender his sword to Gen. 
Grant. 

819. Why did Hayes take the oath of office twice? 

820. Who was the oldest elected president? 

821. What caused James A. Garfield to abandon the wo)-k 
as a canal hand ? 

822. What president once held an interest in a distillery? 

823. Which president served as a janitor as part pay for 
his tuition in college? 

824. Who said, "Give 'em hail Columbia, boys!"? 

825. Can you give a key to the names of the presidents in 
order? 

826. How many and what chief-justices have we had? 

827. How is the pay of generals in the United States army 
regulated ? 

828. How are generals in the army retired? 

829. Does a commissioned army officer receive mileage for 
travel under orders? 

830. What is the pay of a private in the army? 

831. Does a private ever receive more than thirteen dollars 
per month? 

832. Who have been generals of the army of the United 
States ? 

833. Who is general now? 

834. Who introduced James A. Garfield when he took the 
oath of office? 

835. Who was the first mother of a president to reside at 
the White House? 

836. Does a president elect take the oath of office before or 
after reading his inaugural address? 

837. How many and what navy yards in the United States? 

838. Where is the United States Naval Academy? 

839. How many generals may we have in our armies? 

840. How many lieutenant-generals? 



QUEER QUERIES. II3 

S41. How many and what major-generals have we? 
843. How many brigadier-generals? 

843. What is meant by a popular vote? 

844. How do you determine the year which a given Con- 
gress was in session? 

845. How is the number of a Congress determined? 

846. What was the effect of the invention of the cotton 
gin? 

847. Who was the youngest president inaugurated? 




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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 



The numbers correspond to the number of the question in 

the text. 

In most cases the teacher should not be content with the 
mere answer to a query but should read the history in its 
proper connection in order to have a full understanding of all its 
connections. Many of the queries are framed with this idea 
in view, viz.: that the pupil and teacher will read for himself, 
and thus secure a greater fund of information than a mere 
answer would convey. 

It is a good plan to attempt to find the answer to each 
question before looking for it in this book. If you are able to 
find it, the very search will more than repay you, in the in- 
formation noted as well as to become familiar with your 
author. 

Try this plan. 

i.*He purchased a mule and a suit of clothes with it. The 
mule was needed to ride to court, and the clothes to be able to 
appear in court. 

2. He visited Portugal, Italy and Spain. 

3. He secretly sent out a ship to make discoveries. 

4. In the Garden of Eden. 

5. Four times. At Havana, Cuba. 

6. He built a fort at Isabella, Hayti. 

7. Two wild turkeys, the first ever seen in England. 

8. It was called America in honor of Americus Vespucius 
who first wrote of it. This was not the fault of Americus 
but rather of a German geographer who so named it. 

9. Waldsee Muler. 

10. Rodrigro Triana, from the stern of the vessel. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. II5 

11. Florida was so-called from its florid appearance. Be- 
cause it appeared to the South. Because it was free from 
storms. From a character in an old Spanish romance. In 
honor of Queen Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. 

12. A fabled fountain of youth. No, because such a fount- 
ain never existed. 

13. To escape the tyranny of his king. 

14. In order to retaliate. 

15. To take possession of it. 

16. De Soto. 

17. At Havana. In order that the Indians might not find 
the body. At the root of a tree but finally in the Mississippi 
River. 

18. He was killed by the natives of Mactan, one of the 
Philippine Islands, April 37, 1531. Drake died off the coast 
of Columbia, near Porto Bello (Puerto Bello, Puerto Velo), 
Dec. 27, 1595, and was buried at sea. Gosnold died at 
Jamestown, Va., in 1607 and was buried at that place. 

19. See any good history for this. Space will not admit of 
even mention of these numerous objects. Did you ever see one ? 
Do you know of the opening of one? What was found in it ? 

20. It should have been named for Columbus, Columbia. 
Because he discovered it. 

21. It was a rude instrument for making reckonmgs at sea. 
Now disused. 

23. He knelt, kissed the ground and returned thanks to God 
for his safe delivery. 

23. They thought they were great birds floating on the 
water. (Another version says they supposed they were 
winged angels.) 

34. Henry Hudson. (One account says six companions.) 

25. The chicken is a native of Asia. The turkey is a na- 
tive of America. The horse is a native of Arabia. The 
sheep is a native of Asia. 



Il6 . UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

26. He believed it to be the land of Ophir. 

27. The opossum is the only marsupial (having a pouch 
for carrying the young) of America. 

28. Samuel Champlain lies under a stairway in a street of 
Quebec. 

29. De Soto is buried in the Mississippi. 

. 30. St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is the oldest town in the 
U. S. 

31. They planted gunpowder as they had planted tobacco- 
seed and waited for it to appear in the shape of a plant. Why 
did it not grow? 

32. Authorities differ. The number usually given is twenty. 

33. Women were never sold in Virginia. The historical 
facts are simply these: When Sandys sent over the first load 
of women he charged the colonists for the price of passage as 
the company was almost bankrupt. An assessment was made 
and the rate of passage fixed at one hundred and twenty 
pounds of tobacco. This was paid by the colon3\ Many 
marriages followed this and were celebrated in the usual man- 
ner. The cost of the second shipload was estimated at one- 
hundred and fifty pounds of tobacco, and was cheerfully 
paid. 

34. On one occasion he tied his Indian guide to his left arm 
as a shield. 

35. It is now not believed to be true. 

36. He tapped the end containing the vacant space lightly 
on the table, slightly breaking the shell; of course it was 
made to stand before the court of wise men. (See any good 
history for this story.) 

37. Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded at Old Palace Yard, 
Westminster, October, 16 18. 

38. A small portion of a wall is still visible, showing a part 
of the opening for a door- way of some building. 

39. Sir Francis Drake. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. II7 

^Q. A term used in the current politics of that State to des- 
ignate a certain party. (See current history.) 

41. One hundred and two settlers took passage in the May- 
flower. John Carver was its first governor. 

42. Old Giles Cory was placed between two platforms of 
logs, and weights were piled upon the upper one till he was 
literally pressed to death, 

43. Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay 
Colony, fled to the Narragansett Indians for protection from 
cold and hunger and founded the Baptist Church of America 
at a later period. 

44. Boston is called the Hub of the Universe. 

45. Harvard College, founded in 1638 at Cambridge Mass. 
It was named in honor of John Harvard, who willed it his 
library and five thousand dollars in money. Its motto was, 
" F01' Christ and the Church^'' 

46. The first printing press was set up at Cambridge in 
1639. The first printing done in the country was the Free- 
man's Oath. The second was an almanac intended for New 
England. The third was a New England hymn book and 
was a book of three hundred pages, consisting of a poetical 
translation of the Psalms. The first newspaper was called 
the Boston News Letter and was published in 1704. John 
Campbell has the honor of being the first American editor. 

47. It was placed on a pole and stood at the gates of Ply- 
mouth for several years. His little son was sold into slavery, 
taken to the Bermudas, where he was whipped to death. 

48. Rev. John Elliot ofMassachusetts, was called the Indian 
Apostle. He wrote the first Bible ever printed in America. 
It was written in the Algonquin language and is now a liter- 
ary curiosity as the language is out of use. 

49. They said they needed the smoke for the sake of health. 
A " cat-in-clay" chimney is one built of clay (mortar) and 
sticks. 



Il8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

50. Anne Hutchinson was burned to death in a log cabin. 
Indians attacked and burned the house in which she lived. 
William Drumniond was hanged in Virginia. 

51. The distinct outline of his body composed of the fibrous 
roots of an apple-tree standing near. 

53. The Spaniards brought the first horses to America. 

53. Some specimens of rude wood carving indicating the 
workmanship of an unknown people. 

54. Massachusetts had a few laws on this subject. 

55. It is not known to a certainty how America was peopled. 
There are many theories. (See your histories.) 

56. The Norsemen were called the Sea Kings of history. 

57. The Norsemen are supposed to have built this old tower 
but there are reasons for supposing that some other people 
built it. (See engraving in most histories for description.) 

58. She was an exhorter or preacher with many followers, 
and was burned to death in her house. 

59. He hanged them. 

60. Sheets of water, such as springs and pools. 

61. Uncas, a Mohegan chief, cruelly tomahawked the 
aged Miantonomo who had been taken prisoner, then cruelly 
cut a portion of the quivering flesh from his shoulder and ate 
it saying it was the sweetest morsel he had tasted. 

62. On Wednesday. 

63. It was so called from a character in an old Spanish 
romance, 

64. Harvard. 

65. Canonicus sent a rattlesnake skin and a bundle of arrows. 
Gov. Bradford returned the skin filled v/ith powder and ball. 

66. This question is answered by science and is found by 
studying the growth of plant life and the decay of animals. 
The root which penetrated the cofiin took up much nourish- 
ment from the contents and carried it to every part of the tree, 
even to the fruit which it bore. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. II9 

67. An Indian god. 

68. Captain John Smitli in his account of it. 

69. King Philip. 

70. The regicide GofFe. From tne Indians who in pro- 
nouncing the word EngHsh very^ nearly said Yankees. 

71. Peter Stuyvesant had a wooden leg. 

72. His only guide was the compass. 

73. About $24 in value of the money used. 

74. It is so called from the fiict that in the early days of New 
Amsterdam the settlers built a wall at a certain locality for 
defense against the Indians. Wall street occupies -nearly the 
same place as this. 

75. Miles Standish bore that title. 

76. The governor of Virginia, Berkeley, in 1671. 

77. He was informed that Royal troops were marching 
upon him and he fired it in order to prevent their taking charge 
of it. 

78. They were sold as slaves in the different countries. 

79. Captain Mason in the Pequod fight. 

So. Captain Wadsworth, of Charter-Oak fame. 

81. In the Garden of Eden. 

82. He shouldered a hoe and carried it from Lono: Island to 
Elizabeth, the place settled. This was to remind the people 
that they were to live by agriculture. 

83. He constructed a fort at Isabella, Hayti Island. 

84. Balboa. 

85. The tobacco plant. 

86. The governor of New York. 

87. Berkele}'. 

88. Robert Barclay, one of the most eminent Quaker preach- 
ers, was at one time governor of Now Jersey, 1682. 

89. The Charter Oak stood at Hartford, Conn. This tree 
was blown down in August, 1856. 

90. The flag which Columbus bore was a white one con- 



120 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

taining a green cross. The Plymouth Rock, which marks 
the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 

91. William Penn was so called from his influence with 
King Charles II. 

93. Philadelphia is called the " City of Brotherly Love." 
Locate it. 

93. The society of the Quakers is so called. 

94. Neither of these three Slates ever became Royal Prov- 
inces. 

95. About one third of a cent per acre. 

96. Virginia is called the Old Dominion. Pennsylvania, 
the Keystone State. Why? New York, the Empire State. 
Why? 

97. This famous tree was blown down in iSio, and on count- 
ing the " rings" it was found to be two-hundred and eighty 
three years old. To determine the age of an exogenous (out- 
side growing) tree it is necessary to have a cross section of it 
and then simply count the successive growths. Let some one 
in the class furnish specimens of growths from the woodpile, 
grove or farm. Try it. 

98. The governor of Pennsylvania also ruled Delaware 
for a time. Delaware w^as then known as the Lower Counties. 

99. The people of a State comprise the commonwealth of 
the State. 

100. One hundred and thirty thousand pounds sterling. 

10 1. lie agreed to pay the King a yearly rental of two 
Indian arrows, and one fifth of all the gold he should find. 

102. On account of his religious belief he could not take the 
oath required of him by the Virginians. 

103. It was so called from the Queen's name, Henrietta 
Maria. Maria, Mary-land. 

104. In the London Company's charter. 

105. Ask your parents and neighbors. 

106. The Calumet. Where is the accent in this word? 
What is accent? 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I2r 

107. See Mottoes of States for the motto of your State. 
Enquire of your friends for the governor's name. 

108. A log fashioned Uke a cannon and painted to represent 
one. 

109. See the constitution for this answer. 
no. See the constitution. 

III. The plan of government drawn by the celebrated 
Lawyer Locke. This was a very perfect ideal plan but not 
practicable in a wilderness such as this colony wasat that time. 

113. The Tuscaroras, in North Carolina. 

113. Literally, "One of many." 

1 14. No. His secretary does this. 

115. Yes. 

116. The Cape Fear River was first called the Jordan. 

1 17. The colony of Roanoke. 

118. Shell fish and roots. 

119. Governor Sloughter, of New York, signed the death 
warrant for the execution of Leisler while he was intoxi- 
cated. 

120. A stairway is built over the grave of Champlain in 
Quebec. 

131. Buffaloes were found in Georgia when it was first 
settled. No wild buffaloes are found there now. They have 
"gone West." 

123. He bribed a prisoner to carry a letter to the Spanish 
camp giving details of his strength. This caused a hasty re- 
treat from his colony. 

133. The introduction of ardent spirits and slavery. Ex- 
plain how this could be. 

134. Usually from the coast of Africa. 

135. They all had more or less slaves at different times. 

136. Make your choice and give reason. 

137. After the plans of James B. Eads, a noted civil engineer. 
128. There is a star for each State admitted into the Union. 



122 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

139. We used the English flag, or that of the nation by 
which we were governed. 

130. No. It has a territorial government at present. 

131. New Haven Colony. 

133. The Indians came in snow-shoes over the deep snow. 

133. The transportation of the innocent French b}^ the En- 
glish from Acadia. 

134. On the discoveries made by John and Sebastian Cabot. 
13^. The food commonly known as mush. How is it made? 

Did you ever eat any "New England hasty pudding" 

136. The early laws were so called. They were oppressive 
in some cases and thus considered " blue." Another version 
has it that they were so called from the fact that they were 
printed on blue paper. 

137. With a long rod containing a rabbit's ears on the end. 
This was used " for tickling those who slept during the three- 
hour sermons." Imagine a church sleeper awakened at the 
present time by holding a rabbit's ears to his nose or ears! 

138. It was traded for them. Thus it will be noticed that 
one evil was exchanged for another. 

139. Eliot's Indinn Bible. 

140. The staid old Hollanders of New York. 

141. Wolf was a great admirer of " Gray's Elegy" and his- 
torians say that he recited a few stanzas from it as he crossed 
the St. Lawrence. 

142. Captain John Hull, of Massachusetts. 

143. Roger Williams was the first person of any note who 
strenuously advocated freedom of worship in the colonies. 

144. On Saturday. 

145. These penalties were various and their severity varied 
with the persecution of this sect. They were sometimes ban- 
ished from the colony with a slight penalty for returning; atone 
time the penalty was death. One penalty recorded was to 
have their ears bored and tongue split. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 12^ 

146. Columbus lived the longer of the two. 

147. Hudson's vessel was called the " Half Moon." 

148. He was given his hands for the deed. 

149. See appendix or ask some one versed in United States 
history. 

150. Washington City being within the District of Colum- 
bia does not cast a single vote for the president. 

151. Warrants empowering the officers to enter a store or 
house and search for goods upon which the duty had not been 
paid were called " Wiits of Assistance." 

152. Three hundred and forty chests of tea were staved in 
and thrown overboard. 

153. Benjamin Franklin is author of this saying. 

154. They were printed on a blue ground. 

155. The first bloodshed was at New York. Turn to the 
two accounts and compare dates. 

156. The tea was put down in price in order to make it 
cheaper to the Americans than to the British. They would not 
use it because they were contending for principle. 

157. Read the account and form your own conclusion. We 
can only infer what he meant, 

158. They substituted the leaves of the raspberry {^Rubus 
strigosus) and called the tea Hyperion. 

159. In the French and Indian War the contending par- 
ties fought for two years before war was declared. 

160. Men who were ready to take up arms and go to bat- 
tle on a minute's warning. 

161. The soldiers from Vermont were called the *' Green 
Mountain Boys." 

163. Benjamin Franklin. 

163. General Israel Putnam, born at Danvers, then a part 
of Salem, Mass., Jan. 7, 17 18; died in Brooklyn, Conn., 
May 19, 1790. He is the " Old Put" who shot the wolf by 
the light of her own eyes; he was plowing and left the team 



r24 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

in the furrow when he heard of the battle of Lexington; he 
snatched a burning brand from the face of a keg of powder at 
Fort Edward. At Fort Miller to avoid the Indians he descend- 
ed the falls of the Hudson in a bateau. He was captured by 
the Indians on his return to Fort Edward, tied to the stake, and 
would have been burned alive had he not been saved by the 
French commander, Molong. '■'- He dared to lead where any 
dared to follow," is the inscription on his tombstone. 

164. General La Fayette. 

165. He wore a tow-linen shirt and kept this on until it was 
worn to shreds. He had none other to wear. 

166. Over one hundred years. 

167. This vessel lost her rudder shortly after starting on 
her voyage. It is also stated that she sprang a leak. 

168. It was blown down in a storm of August, 1856. 

169. A hollowed rock on northern Long Island is so called. 

170. Washington is called the " Father of his Country." 

171. No. It did not convene for about seven hours after 
the attack. 

172. An American patriot born at Boston, Jan. 1, 1735, 
died there May 10, 1818. At the breaking out of the Revo- 
lution he was one of four engravers then living within the 
boundaries of the United States. See some cyclopedia for a 
full sketch of this illustrious man. 

173. The Dutch of New Netherlands, 

174. It was a wooden horse with a sharp back upon which 
offenders were strapped for petty violations of the town laws. 
These horses with their uncomfortable riders were placed in- 
to a common cart and driven through the principal streets. 
A woman named Mary Price was the first offender to ride 
this horse, and ever afterward it was called " the horse of Mary 
Price." 

175. They named it New Orange in 1673. 

176. Ten pounds of tobacco, a bushel of corn (from every 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 12^ 

male over sixteen), every twentieth calf, pig and kid in the 
parish was his due. 

177. In early days the settler took his ax and barked the 
trees around thj acres of land which he expected to claim as 
his own. This was called " a tomahawk right." 

178. They stretched a deer-skin over a hoop and pierced it 
with a hot iron. When filled with small holes it was said to 
make a very good sieve. 

179. " Come Joe, carry me to bed, for it is high time for me 
to die!" He did not survive long. He owned two million five 
hundred and eighty thousand acres of land which was confis- 
cated by the United States government. 

180. That his whole army be furnished a free passage to 
England and that no man in the army take up arms against 
the Americans during the war. The terms of the treaty were 
not carried out. 

181. Washington was never wounded in battle. He had 
bullet holes through his clothes on certain occasions, horses 
shot from under him, etc., but was never harmed in battle. 

183. He was teaching school and boarding with the widow 
of Nathaniel Greene. 

183. Benjamin Franklin, in 1752 or 1754. 

184. Thomas Jefferson said this and Washington adopted 
this principle in refusing to listen to Citizen Genet. 

185. A quorum was not had at that date. 

186. The chief justice of the United States. 

187. Dark and bloody ground; Green Mountain; The river 
of the Big Bend. 

188. See No. 182. 

189. Washington was so called. 

190. No. Mrs. Martha Custis, widow of Col. John Custis, 
became his wife. 

191. No. He retained the old one. This cabinet had been 
appointed in 1795 and 1796. 



136 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

192. His farewell address of 1796. 

193. John Adams. 

194. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. 

195. The threatened war with France in 1800. 

196. Representative Bayard changed his vote on the thirty- 
sixth ballot thus electing Jefferson by one vote. Aaron Burr 
was chosen vice-president. 

197. In 1804. Please read it. 

198. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. What year, and 
what day of the month? 

199. Thomas Jefferson. 

200. Mrs. Elizabeth Steele, of Salisbury, N. C. 

201. Thomas Jefferson. 

202. Alexander Hamilton. 

203. Aaron Buri'o 

204. Thomas Jefferson. "Here lies buried Thomas Jef- 
ferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the 
Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of 
the University of Virginia." 

205. Parchment. 

206. George Washington. 

207. Maryland and Virginia. 

208. The Holy Bible. 

209. He laid out the city. 

210. On Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 
every fourth year after a president has been elected. 

211. A linen tablecloth. 

212. A stump in front of York. 

213. He had cut white-oak bushes and used tnem to mark 
his gun, running it from side to side and firing it rapidly. 

214. Capt. Lawrence of the Chesapeake. 

215. "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two 
ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop." 

216. Col. Miller, at Lundy's Lane. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 127 

217. Francis S. Key while detained on board a British 
vessel and witnessing the bombardment of Ft. McHenry. 
318. In the head. 

219. They believed that an earthquake would occur. 

220. He had not heard of it. Why.'' 
231. James Monroe. 

222. Jc^hn Adams. 

223. Because the 4th fell on Sunday. 

224. The Brandywine, in honor of his first battle for 
American Independence. 

235. The Savannah, built by a company of merchants at 
Savannah in 1819, It crossed the ocean in thirty-one days. 

226. In 1816. 

227. Because they were originally printed on blue paper. 

228. From three to six hours. 

229. The sexton brushed her nose with a hare's tail fastened 
to a long rod. 

230. In 1619. 

231. "I resign my soul to my God and my daughter to my 
country." 

232. The House of Representatives. Because no candidate 
received a majorit)^ vote. 

233. "Jefferson still survives." 

234. In 1814. 

235. " The Love Apple" and refused to eat it. 

236. Cannon were stationed at distances of thirteen miles 
apart. A cannon was fired at Buffalo and in turn along the 
whole line to New York. 

237. A keg of water brought from Lake Erie to signify the 
union of the waters of the Atlantic with those of the great 
lakes. 

238. Wooden rails covered with strap iron. 

239. " Whom can we trust now?" 

240. La Fayette. 



128 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

241. Andrew Jackson. 

243. He had one hundred and sixty one white beans and 
seventeen black ones placed in a mug and required each pris- 
oner to draw one. Those holding black beans were shot. 

243. " By the Eternal, I'll hang the last one of 'em!" 

244. Cyrus McCormick, in 1834. 

245. In 1836. By means of raised letters. 

246. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. 

247. A medal bearing the inscription, "John C. Calhoun, 
First President of the Southern Confederacy." 

248. The Sharp Knife. 

249. " I am dying— but I am not afraid to die." 

250. It is generally conceded ' that Colonel Johnson shot 
him. However, this is disputed. 

251. Money issued by banks and not redeemed. 

253. In 1840 a company of six drunkards resolved to ab- 
stain from the use of intoxicating liquors and thus laid the 
foundation of a temperance society. (The American Tem- 
perance Society was formed in 1836.) 

353. Horace Mann was a great educator and contributed 
more to the success and popularity of our public-school system 
than any other man the country has produced. 

254. William Henry Harrison. 

255. " Tippecanoe and Tyler too," 

256. The Dutch of New York, '' New Netherlands." • 

257. Andrew Jackson. 

358. As a descendant of Pocahontas. 

359. Ulysses S. Grant, 1S83. 

360. Uncas. 

361. The Mormons. 

262. Notice of James Knox Polk's nomination for presi- 
dent by the Democratic convention at Baltimore. 

263. Texas. 

264. " Drowsy Ones." 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 29 

265. Daniel Webster. 

266. He was tried for treason, sentenced to the penitentiary 
for life but afterward pardoned. 

267. Joseph Smith. They practice polygamy. 

268. Texas. 

269. " What God hath wrought." 

270. Henry Clay. 

271. "Fifty-four, forty or fight.' 

272. Digging a mill-race. 

273. James Smithson, of England, bequeathed $515,000 to 
found this institution. 

274. Because the Mexicans fought from the roofs of the 
houses and the soldiers had to follow them there. 

275. General Taylor. 

276. John C. Fremont. 

277. Henry Clay. 

278. James K. Polk. 

279. John Tyler. 

280. Henry Claj^ 

281. The Anti-Slavery party. Adventurous persons who 
unlawfully attempt disturbances away from home. 

2S2. The Omnibus Bill. 

283. Zachary Taylor. 

284. General Taylor. 

285. " I still live." 

286. The fourth fell on the Sabbath. 

287. '*This is the last of earth. I am content." 

288. $25,000 in silver and his cork leg. (Company C. 
Captain Isaac C. Pugh, of the Fourth Illinois Infantry, made 
this capture.) 

289. The home of Andrew Jackson. 

290. La Fayette, in 1825. 

291. Sir John Franklin, who was lost in the Arctic regions. 

292. " Remember the river Raisin." 



130 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

293. They were recaptured by the Americans at the 
Thames? 

394. He broke his sword before he surrendered it. 

295. It was a building composed ahnost entirely of iron 
and glass and supjDOsed to be absolutely fire-proof. It was 
built for the purpose of holding the second World's Fair at 
New York. 

296. He was tried by a court-martial at Truxillo, con- 
demned, and shot on the 3d of September, i860. 

397. Thomas Jefferson, in 1789. 

298. The only title which he can legally claim is that of 
President. 

299. John Adams and Benjamin Franklin were the only 
persons aside from Jefferson who wrote a line of the Declaration. 

300. The Quaker hat and coat. 

301. Dr. Emerson, a surgeon in the U. S. army. 

302. Justices Wayne, Nelson, Grier, Daniel, Campbell and 
Catron concurred, whilejustices McLean and Curtis dissented. 

303. One thousand six hundred and forty miles in length, 
reaching from Trinity Bay, New Foundland, to Valentia Bay, 
Ireland. 

304. Washington Irving, who died in 1859. 

305. John Brown, at Harper's Ferry. 

306. At Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th of February, 1861. 
Six of the seceded States — Mississippi, Florida, Albania, 
Georgia, Louisiana and South Carolina — had delegates in the 
convention which framed the provisional government. On 
the 8th of this month Jefferson Davis was chosen as provisional 
president, and Alexander H. Stephens as vice-president cf the 
Confederate States of America. 

307. The Star of the West in carrymg men and supplies 
to the garrison at Fort Sumter was fired upon by the Con- 
federates and compelled to return. 

308. Abraham Lincoln went by rail in disguise to Wash- 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 13I 

ington as it was thought unsafe for him to appear in pubHc 
en route. 

309. That " Americans ought to rule America." 

310. Pennsylvania, the Keystone State. 

311. Abraham Lincoln; from the fact that he split a few 
rails on a firm ten miles west of Decatur, Macon County, 111. 

312. James Buchanan. 

313. The bold march of W. T. Sherman with his troops 
from Atlanta through the heart of the Confederacy to Savannah. 

314. Battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. 

315. At the battle of Bull Run, when a part of the Confed- 
erates were flying. General Thomas Jonathan Jackson was 
pointed out by General Bee, who exclaimed, "There stands 
Jackson like a stone walV (One version has it, " Here is 
Jackson standing like a stone wall.") 

316. "Stonewall" Jackson at Chancellorsville. 

317. On account of his age. 

318. General Thomas. 

319. Admiral Farragut, at Mobile, on board the Hartford. 

320. AV^e were not fighting a foreign nation and hence had 
no government with which to treat. 

321. Andrew Johnson worked for a time in Greenville, 
Tenn., at this trade. 

322. Abraham Lincoln was somewhat noted as a wrestler. 

323. He wore the dress and bonnet of a lady but his boots 
betrayed him. He was captured by a portion of the Fourth 
Michigan Cavalry, under Colonel B. D. Pritchard, near Irwins- 
ville, Irwin County, Ga. 

324. He repeated the motto of the State of Virginia, " Sic 
semper tyrannisP 

325. Abraham Lincoln held a public reception in Jefferson 
Davis's parlors at Richmond, April 4, 1865. 

326. The " stars and bars." 

327. Abraham Lincoln. 



132 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



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339. Gold rose to two hundred and eighty in 186^. 

330. At Fortress Monroe. He was released on bail after 
two years' confinement and included in President Johnson's 
amnesty proclamation of 1S68. 

331. Horace Greeley lived at this place and was hence so 
called. 

332. Matthew Simpson, Bishop of the Methodist Church. 

333. William M. Everts, in the presence of two hundred 
and seventy five thousand people. 

334. Andrew Johnson obtained all of his book knowledge 
from his wife after their marriage. 

335. The charoes lacked but one vote of bemg sustained. 

336. General Grant. 

337. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. 

338. " Stonewall " Jackson. 

339. Fort Sumter. 

340. One of gold, the other of silver. 

341. General Grant worked in a tannery at Galena with 
his father. 

343. A member of a Grange or a Patron of Husbandry. 

343. One hundred and twenty-five locomotives, two thou- 
sand five hundred freight and express cars were burned at 
Pittsburg in 1877. 

344. A Chineh^^e laborer is called a " coolie." 

345. Horace Greeley, "The Founder of the A^ew Tork 
Tribune^ 

346. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury under 
Abraham Lincoln. 

347. Abraham Lincoln's funeral is said to have been the 
loni^est funeral on earth. It reached from Washington to 
Springfield, 111. 

348. A. Lincoln, in 1865. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I33 

349. General Joseph Hooker. 

350. The Monitor, built by John Ericsson for the U. S. 
government in 1863. What did it do? 

351. Because he taught school in Ohio while a young man. 

352. Cliarles J. Guiteau, a lawyer of Chicago. 

353. Because they succeeded to the presidency by the death 
of the person elected to that office. 

354. It is a mail route on which the mails are transported 
in some other manner than by railroads. These routes are 
designated by three stars thus : * * * . 

355. Because he believes that his deeds are unknown when 
he is asked for his name. 

356. A commission which met at Washington in 187 1 and 
completed arrangements for settling the so called Alabama 
claims, by holding a second meeting at Geneva, Switzerland. 
The commissioners at Washington were Hamilton Fish, 
Robert C. Schenck, Samuel Nelson, Ebenezer R. Hoar and 
George H. Williams on the part of the United States, and 
Earl de Grey and Ripon, Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Edward 
Thornton, Sir John McDonald and Prof. Montague Bernard 
on the part of Great Britain. In the Geneva commission we 
were represented by Charles Francis Adams; Great Britain, 
by Sir Alexander Cockburn; Italy, by Count Frederic 
Sclopis; Switzerland, by Jacob Staempfli; Brazil, by Baron d' 
Itazuba. The United States appointed J. C. Bancroft Davis 
as its agent, and Great Britain appointed Lord Tenterdan as 
her agent. This tribunal awarded the United States the sum 
of $15,500,000, to be paid by Great Britain. 

357. California presented the spike of gold, Nevada one of 
silver, and Arizona one of gold, silver and iron. The last tie 
was hewn from laurel and its ends were bound with silver 
bands. . 

358. Captain James B. Eads. 

359. " I know that my Redeemer liveth." 



134 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

360. When a man who had hved in the North was sent 
from the South to Congress he was termed a " carpet bagger." 
Congress required an oatii of office which exchided aU who 
had participated in the RebeUion and this fact caused many 
persons to be sent to Congress from the South who had 
recently removed from the North. 

361. Sir John Mandeville was an Enghsh author, born at 
St. Albans about 1300. He visited Palestine, China, Tartary, 
Armenia, Persia, and other Eastern countries. (See Mande- 
ville's Argument for his theory of the form of the earth.) 

362. On account of the earth's rotundity the north star is 
below the horizon for this continent. 

363. His argument printed in 1356, one hundred and thirty- 
six years before Columbus discovered America, showed that 
the earth turned on its axis. 

364. Twelve persons signed this instrument. 

365. The plan of perpetual union proposed by Benjamin 
Franklin in 1754. 

366. On the first day of January, 1863. 

367. General Grey, on account of his causing his soldiers to 
remove the flints from their muskets before going into battle. 

368. " God save the King." 

369. At the battle of Germantown Chew's house contain- 
ing a small detachment of British delayed the Americans long 
enough for the British army to rally. 

370. Luther Holcomb rode briskly to the top of a hill at 
Bethel and turning to an imaginary army shouted, " Halt the 
whole universe! break off into kingdoms." This caused 
the British to halt and draw up in line of battle, thus giving 
the Americans time to carry away much of their stores at 
Danbury. 

371. Congress voted him a sword and he was also promo- 
ted to a colonelcy. 

372. A Dutchman was pursued across a meadow by the Brit- 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 35 

Ish near Ponckhocken, and while running at the top of his speed 
he stepped upon a hay rake which, turning up, struck him in 
the back and caused the excUimation. 

373. He was given a dose of tartar-emetic and caused to 
vomit the bullet from Jiis stomach, but, hastily seizing it, he 
again swallowed it. He then refused to take another dose 
but succumbed to its repetition when informed that he would 
be hanged and that a post-mortem would reveal the bullet. 
He took the tartar and soon threw up the coveted prize. It 
contained the following note: 

Fort Montgomery, 

Oct. 8, 1777. 
'•'' Nous y voici^ and nothing now between us and Gates. I 
sincerely hope this little success of ours may facilitate your 
operations. In answer to your letter of the 2Sth of September 
by C. C, I shall only say, I cannot presume to order or even 
advise, for reasons obvious. I heartily wish you success. 
"Faithfully yours, 

"H. Clinton." 
" General Bia'goyrie^'' 

374. The fact that he refused to receive compensation for 
his services in the war of the Revolution. He only asked 
reimbursement for Vv^hat he had spent from his private purse. 

375. Count Don op at Fort Mercer. He was mortally 
wounded in an attack on this place and died three days after 
in the arms of his captor. Colonel Manduit. He was buried 
near the fort and liis grave was marked by a rough stone. 
His bones have been carried off by relic hunters. 

376. Baron Steuben was dubbed " Marshal Forritz." 

377. Anna Whitall, a Quakeress, at Fort Mifflin, when 
asked to flee for her life replied, "God's arm is strong, and it 
will protect me; I may do good by staying." When shot 
had almost demolished her house she carried her wheel into 
the cellar and continued to ply her avocation until the battle 



136 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

was ended, then, Spartan like, she administered to friend and 
foe ahke. 

378. James Madison, of Virginia. 

379. The mother of Captain Henry Lee, " Light Horse 
Harry " was known as the " Lowhmd Beauty." She attracted 
Washington's attention and might have married him but she 
gave her hand, at least, to another. 

3S0. Oliver Ellsworth, afterward appointed chief justice 
of the United States. 

381. General Charles Lee, in 1777. 

382. He crossed it in a barge manned by thirteen oarsmen. 
Why thirteen? 

383. " Sir: — I find myself just able to hold my pen during a 
few minutes and take this opportunity of expressing my sincere 
grief for having done, written, or said anything disagreeable 
to your Excellency. My career will soon be over, therefore 
justice and truth prompt me to declare my sentiments. You 
are, in my eyes, a great and good man. May you long en- 
joy the love, esteem and veneration of these States, whose 
liberties you have asserted by your virtues." 

384. Determine by reading the executive department. 

385. The British General Hamilton at Detroit. He oflfered 
rewards for scalps and hence the name. 

386. Judge Hopkinson. 

387. The swampy lands along the Wabash. 

388. On account of a defect in the title to his land he was 
unable to hold it and hence he removed to this State. 

389. A Mr. Wells. 

390. The State of Kentucky removed his bones, together 
with those of his wife, from Missouri to a point on the Ken- 
tucky River, near Frankfort. 

391. They noticed Brandt place paint on their aprons which 
seemed to save them from the fury of the savages, and taking 
advantage of this they placed their aprons on their classmates 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 37 

and saved theiri. The Indians killed and scalped the poor 
schoolmaster. 

392. The State of Franklin. 

393. " Tell Jones, his wife and son that the remembrance 
of the battle I fought for them brought a secret joy to my 
heart when it was about to stop its motion forever." 

394. Because he said he hated fashionable society and that 
he was not fit to appear in dress circles. 

395. General Putnam was at his mirror shaving when he 
saw the reflection of a red-coat in the glass, which alarmed 
him. 

396. Rev. John Carroll was consecrated bishop in 1789. 

397. Rev. Samuel Seabury, D. D., who was consecrated 
in Scotland in 1784, as Bishop of Connecticut. 

398. The seed was brought from the Bahamas in 1786. 

399. It was erected at Beverly, in Massachusetts, in 1787. 

400. A popular name given to Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass. 

401. "The Fort is q^n-s." 

402. In 1793, at Fliiladelphia. They were smoked as a 
preventive of yellow fever. 

403. Washington. 

404. A wise and thoughtful physician called it " Franklin's 
Little Demon." 

405. Laurens at Savannah when Count Pulaski fell. 

406. Thomas Jefferson. 

407. Colonel White captured Captain French on the Ogee- 
chee by a well-planned stratagem. 

408. Jones replied : " I have not yet begun to fight." 

409. Thomas JefTerson. 

410. Sumpter of Carolina during the Revolution was 
called the "Carolina Game Cock." 

411. Francis Marion. 

" Woe to the English soldiery, that little dre d us near! 
On them shall light at midnight a strange and sudden fear; 



1^8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

When, waking to their tents on fire, thej grasp their arms in vain, 
And they ^vho stand to face us are beat to earth again ; 
And they who fly in terror deem a mighty host behind, 
And hear the tramp of thousands upon the hollow wind. 

******** 
Well knows the fair and friendly moon the band that Marion leads, 
The glitter of their rifleS, the scampering of their steeds. 
'Tis life to guide the fiery barb across the moonlight plain ; 
'Tis life to feel the night-wind that lifts his tossing mane. 
A moment in the British camp — a moment, and away, 
Back to the pathless forest before the peep of day." 

412. He used pieces of bark, on which he served the din- 
ner — sweet potatoes. 

413. He resigned his commission and returned to England, 
declaring it was folly to fight against men who showed such 
devotion to their country. 

414. Marion said this to the officer who dined with him. 

415. "Hold on, massa! de debbil here! Look you." 

416. Her little child saw him peepi]|g through a crevice in 
the wall, where she was stirring the boiling soap. Watching 
her chances, she hastily threw a ladle full of the boiling 
liquid into his face, and, while he was roaring with pain, she 
securely bound him as her prisoner. 

417. At Hanging Rock, in 1780, at the age of fourteen. 

418. "Have a care, lest your Northern laurels turn to 
Southern willows." 

419. He meant to convey the idea that he would capture 
Cornwallis. 

420. Cornwallis and Gates, at Camden. 

421. Their wives and daughters manufactured it from the 
nitre found in caves and charcoal burned on the hearth-stone. 

422. Rev. James Caldwell's, known among the Whigs as 
a " rousing gospel-preacher," and among the Tories as a 
"rebel firebrand." He lived at Elizabethtown, S. C. 

423. Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 3^ 

434. Wc were fighting" for our independence, and our gov- 
ernment was not yet fully established. There was neither pro- 
vision for the admission of a State, nor were there any knocking 
for admission. 

435. Minister James Caldwell. Irving says: "No one 
showed more ardor in the fight than Caldwell, the Chaplain. 
The image of his murdered wife was before him. Finding 
the men in want of wadding, he galloped to the Presbyterian 
church, and brought thence a quantity of Watt's psalm and 
hymn books, which he distributed for the purpose among the 
soldiers." This was on the occasion of a fight at a bridge on 
the Rahway. 

436. The Republicans were so called in Madison's time. 

437. In Jackson's administration the Republicans were 
called " Loco Focos." On a certain occasion, at a meeting in 
Tammany Hall, the lights were extinguished and relighted by 
loco-foco matches, which several of their members carried in 
their pockets. 

438. Thomas Faucett shot him in the back. Braddock 
had issued positive instructions to his men not to hide behind 
any defense whateve)'. The brother of Faucett had taken 
refuge behind a tree, and Braddock cut him down with his 
sword when Faucett shot him. 

439. The same party was so called at later periods. 

430. A badge made of silk, containing a button in the 
center, bearing the image of a palmetto tree. (Worn in 
i860.) 

431. William L. Marcy. 

433. Jefferson Davis married Zachary Taylor's daughter, 
and hence was Taylor's son-in-law. 

433. That of Elizur Goodrich, a Federalist, and holding 
the of^ce of collector for the port of New Haven. He was 
displaced by Jefferson and his place filled by Samuel Bishop, 
a Republican. 



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434. The 26th of January, 1802. John Beckley, of Vir- 
ginia, was the first librarian. Samuel A. Otis furnished the 
nucleus of the library when he was secretary of the Senate. 

435. The unfinished capitol building at Washington was 
so called by those who would have preferred to have seen the 
capital at New York or at Philadelphia. 

436. Chief Justice Marshall, when knocked down by a fall- 
ing volume of the law from a shelf in the Congressional Library. 

437. McDonough, at Plattsburg, knelt on his knees and 
prayed earnestly, in the midst of the seamen, for victory over 
his enemy. 

438. Commodore Bainbridge, in 1801. It is said that the 
Sultan liked the flag on account of its containing stars, as his 
bore a crescent^ or half- moon. 

439. He was killed in a duel with Commodore Barron, in 
1820. 

440. He ordered black crape suspended from all the stand- 
ards and flags throughout the French Republic. 

441. In 1809. 

442. " River of blood." 

443. His duel with Alexander Hamilton made him a wan- 
derer through the land. 

444. New York and New Jersey. 

445. Because Jefferson refused to appoint him as minister 
to England. 

446. He often called them " Doughfaces." 

447. John Randolph, in the sentence, " When I speak of 
my country, I mean the Commonwealth of Virginia." 

448. " How are you, Emperor? How's Madam?" 

449. The opponents of the Embargo Act spelled it back- 
ward, thus getting the term. 

450. " The wildcat springing on its prey." 

451. The famous Indian prophet was called Elkswatawa. 
The meaning is, "The loud voice." 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I4I 

452. William H. Crawford, of Georgia. 

453. '' Josiah the First, King of New England, Nova 
Scotia and Passamaquoddy." This was in derision of the 
Federalists, who opposed the war of iSi3. 

454. The President commanded by Captain Rogers threw 
the first shot after the declaration of war. It was fired at the 
Belvidera from a chase-gun. 

455. " Taken at Saratoga on the 17th of October, 1777." 
4.56. They greeted them with fervent kisses. Why? 

457. He was sentenced by court martial to be shot, but on 
account of his services in the Revolution he was reprieved by 
the president and his name stricken from the army-roll. 

458. He mounted a log in front of his men and made the 
following speech : " Hull's surrender must be redeemed. Our 
condition is desperate. Let us die arms in hand. Our country 
demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The 
blood of the slain will make heroes of the living. Those who 
follow will avenge our fall, and our country's wrongs. Who 
dares to stand ?" A loud " All " ran along the line. Scott and 
nearly all his men were captured. 

459. Jacob, an Indian chief and son of Brandt, of Revolu- 
tionary fame. 

460. " Go, put on petticoats. You are not fit to command 
men." 

461. Captain Lawrence, on board the Chesapeake. 

462. He was captured with Captain David Porter on board 
the Essex b the Phoebe and the Cherub in 18 13, at the age of 
twelve. 

463. " Don't give up the ship." 

464. " We have met the enemy, and they are ours; two 
ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. 

Yours with great respect and esteem, 

O. H. Perry." 



142 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

465. Three Indians in the hold of the vessel and a pet bear 
on deck. 

466. It was towed to Misery Bay where it had been built, 
was anchored for a time, where it soon sank. The vessel was 
raised in September, 1S75 and placed on exhibition at the 
Centennial in 1876. 

467. " Rumpsev, Dumpsey, hickory Crumpsey, 

Colonel Johnson killed Tecumseh." 

468. He fed it on brown sugar until he could transport it 
to his home. He reared it to manhood. 

469. When Decatur tried to sail from New London, Ct., 
blue lights were displayed on the banks of the Thames. 
Some persons supposing that the opponents of the war had 
displayed them as a signal to the enemy, the Federalists were 
wrongly so called. 

470. " The enemy say that the Americans are good at a 
long range, but cannot stand the cold iron. I call upon you 
instantly to give the lie to the slander. Charge!" 

47 1 . Lundy's Lane. 

473. Colonel Drummond at Lundy's Lane in a charge 
made a few days after the first battle. He was killed and his 
men scattered. 

473. The battle of Plattsburg, September the nth, 1814. 

474. At the battle of Bladensburg, it is said, an officer ran 
till he dropped dead. 

475. The retreat after the battle of Bladensburg. 

476. General Cockburn took the speaker's chair in the 
House of Representatives and cried, *' Gentlemen, the question 
is. Shall this harbor of Yankee Democracy be burned? All 
in favor of burning it will say, aye!" All responded "Aye " 
and he gave the orders, " Light up." Thus the capitol of the 
U. S. was fired and burned. 

477. Elbridge Gerry died in his carriage, Nov. 13, 18 14. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I43 

He was succeeded by Jolin Gaillard, of South Carolina, as 
president of the Senate. 

478. He had disregarded the right to the writ of habeas 
corpus and on being fined $i,ooo paid it without a murmur. 
This was afterward paid him with interest by the government. 

479. The American prisoners of the war of iSi3 were con- 
fined at Dartmoor, a prison near Portsmouth, England. They 
were brutally treated, and on breaking into the depot of sup- 
plies on the 5th of April, 1815, many of them were cruell}'- 
shot by the guards. 

480. John Q. Adams was so called on account of his youth- 
ful age when appointed minister to Holland. 

481. The open air meeting of Samuel J. Mills, James 
Richards, Francis L. Robbins, Harvey Loomis and Pryan 
Greene near Harvard College, in which it was proposed to 
send the gospel to the heathen. From this meeting arose the 
American Board of Foreign Missions. 

482. A paper printed by Benjamin Lundy in 1815 was so 
called. He was the originator of anti-slavery periodicals and 
lecturers, 1783. 

483. It had fifteen after the admission of Kentucky and 
Vermont and still retained this number till April 4, 18 18, 
when a bill was approved reducing the number to thirteen and 
providing for the addition of a star on the 4th of July next, 
after the admission of a State. The new flag as adopted at 
above date was first hoisted over the Hall of Representatives 
on the 13th of AjDril, 18 18. 

484. Virginia is called the "mother of presidents?" Why? 

485. John Quincy Adams was the son of John Adams. 

486. An Irishman named Christopher Colics first proposed 
this in a pamphlet entitled, « Proposals for the Speedy Settle- 
ment of Western New York." This was issued in 1785. 

487. Governor De Witt Clinton, on the 4th of July, 1817. 

488. When requested to give a toast for a banquet to be 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



held on the 4th of July, 1826, he said, " I will give you Inde- 
pendence forever." While his toast was being presented he 
lay dying at his home. 

489. Horatio Allen took charge of the "Stourbridge Lion," 
the first locomotive ever put upon a railroad in America. 
This was upon the Delaware & Jludson Railroad, in 1827. 

490. Mr. Peter Cooper, 1830. 

Note. — " We never expected to travel about by aid of steam 
— but so it is. This carriage is decidedly a steam engine, 
which needs no bridles nor spurs, and behaves better than any 
pony we ever drove. A nice little railroad turnpike runs 
around the room, on which the carriage travels, with a lady 
or a gentleman as passenger, going about the larger room 
with as much ease as the ' Chancellor Livingston ' steamer 
passes up Long Island Sound." — Rochester Daily Advertiser 
0/1830. 

491. The " Best Friend," built at the West Point Foundry 
Shops made the first excursion trip on the South Carolina 
Railroad Jan. 15, 1831, being the anniversary of the com- 
mencement of the road. 

492. July 4, 1828, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the last 
survivor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence 
was present, and after the Grand Master's square, level and 
compass had tested the corner-stone, Mr. Carroll stepped for- 
ward, removed a shovelful of earth, and the stone was lowered 
into position. 

493. General Jackson often used this expression. It is said 
that he dropped all his ill-chosen expletives, and among them 
this one, at the death of his wife. 

494. A buffalo from the Rocky Mountains, three bears 
from Green Bay, two foxes, a raccoon, a dog, a cat and four 
geese. 

495. Two of the bears plunged into the rapids, swam to 
shore and were caught in the woods. The cat, the dog and 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I45 

the foxes were never heard of more. The geese were found 
below the falls picking and oiling their feathers. 

496. Those of the covenanters. " We hope in God." 

497. On the night of the 13th of November, 1833. 

498. Osceola in the Florida War. 

499. Martin Van Buren. 

500. General William Henry Harrison. 

501. The wife of General Harrison was so called before her 
marriage. r^ ^- n , 

502. John Tyler. ^ ly(jLA'~<-y^- ^^^^■'^'■^' ' 

503. It was a large gun placed on board the Princeton then 
lying in the Potomac. It burst in the presence of Abel P. 
Upshur and Thomas W. Gilmer, killing each. The former 
was secretary of state, the latter of the navy. This occurred 
Feb. 28, 1844. 

504. She cut it from its frame with a butcher knife and 
carried it away to a place of security. 

505. Horace Greeley. 

506. " Captain May, you must take that batte'y." " I will 
do it sir," was the gallant answer. 

507. " The memory of Washington." 
1C08. John G. Whittier, the poet. 

509. He was called old " Whitney." He was white as the 
snow. 

510. His widow presented it to the Historical Society of 
Tennessee. 

511. The new party which afterward became the Repub- 
lican party was for a time called the Free-Soil party. 

512. James Monroe, second term, Zachary Taylor, Ruther- 
ford B. Hayes. 

513. General Taylor. 

514. " I am General Taylor, the conqueror of Buena Vista." 

515. On taking a look at the ship's construction he said, 
" My God, she is hollow." 



146 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

516. When he came to die his last words were, " I am pre- 
pared; I have endeavored to do my duty." 

517. Tliose who believed in the compromise measures of 
Clay were called the " Silver Grays." 

3 1 8. Those who were opposed to these measures. 

519. This is but another name for the " Silver Grays." 

530. A book written by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe por- 
traying slave life. 

521. The inhabitants of Kansas are so called. 

523. A branch of the Republican party sometimes called 
the Anti-Slavery Americans. 

523. "Put none but Americans on guard." " Let Ameri- 
cans rule America." 

524. John Brown, of Kansas and Harper's Ferry fame. 
"^25. He raised the flag over Independence Hall at Phila- 
delphia, Feb. 22, 1861. 

526. Edmund Ruff^n, of Virginia, at four a.m., on Friday, 
April 12, 1 86 1, fired the first shot at Fort Sumter. At seven 
o'clock A.M., Captain Abner Doubleday fired the first shot 
from Fort Sumter in defense of the post. 

537. He was his son. 

528. General George B. McClellan. 

529. General Kearney at Fair Oaks. 

530. He was killed at Chantilly. 

531. Because of the union reverses in the battles at that 
period. Mr. Lincoln's explanation is as follows; "T put the 
draft of the proclamation aside, waiting for a victory. Well, 
the next news we had was of Pope's disaster at Bull Run. 
Things looked darker than ever. Finally came the week of 
the battle at Antietam. I determined to wait no longer. The 
news came, I think, on Wednesday that the advantage was 
on our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers' Home. Here 
I finished writing the second draft of the proclamation; came 
up on Saturday; called the cabinet together to hear it, and it 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 147 

was published on the following Monday. I made a solemn 
vow before God that if General Lee was driven back fiom 
Maryland I would crown the result by the declaration of free- 
dom to the slaves." — Caj'pcuter. 

533. General Grant during the siege of that place. 

533. Stuart's. He had succeeded Stonewall Jackson. 

534. He was killed by his own men who mistook him for 
a Union soldier in the darkness. 

535. Stonewall Jackson was a devout Christian and was 
often found at prayer in his tent. His old body servant often 
said he "could tell when a battle was at hand bv seeinsf the 
general get up a great many times in the night to pray." 

536. Stonewall Jackson would do so even while giving 
command at intervals. 

537. Stonewall Jackson said this to his sorrowing wife 
when she informed him that his chances for recovery were 
very doubtful. 

538. " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade 
of the treesP 

539. He and Pemberton were sitting in the shade of a tree 
negotiating for the surrender of that place. 

540. At Morris's Island piles were driven into the mud and 
a parrott gun throwing 1501b. balls was mounted upon this 
foundation. The gun burst at the thirty-sixth shot. 

541. Abraham Lincoln delivered this address on the battle 
ground, November the 19th, 1S63. We quote the followino- 
memorable words; "We cannot consecrate nor hallow this 
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who strugo-led 
here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or de- 
tract. The world will but little note, nor long remember, what 
we say here; but it can nev^er forget \/hnt they did here. It is 
for us, the living, rather to dedicate ourselves to the unfinished 
work which they so nobly advanced. To consecrate ourselves 
to the great task remaining, and to gather from the graves of 



1^8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

these honored dear! increased devotion to that cause for which 
they gave their lives. Here let us resolve that they shall not 
have died in vain; that this nation shall, under God, have a 
new birth of freedom; and that government ^ the people, 
by the people, and ybr the people shall not perish forever 
from the earth." 

542. " If to-day were not the 4th of July, we might think 
of it." 

543. " Pooh! They can't hit an elephant at that distance." 
This speech was occasioned by seeing some of his men wince 
as the shrieking balls flew by them. 

544. This was Grant's telegram to Washington as he ad- 
vanced " on to Richmond." 

545. A tenor drum containing a swarm of bees. 

546. Gold rose to 5,900 per cent, in Confederate currency. 

547. Boston Corbett shot John Wilkes Booth. Harrold, 
who aided Booth; Payne, who attacked Seward; Atzerott, 
who was to have killed Johnson; and Mrs. Surratt, at whose 
house the conspirators held their meetings, were hanged. 
Arnold and McLaughlin, who were also accomplices, and Dr. 
Mudd, who dressed Booth's broken limb, were imprisoned 
for life. Spangler, who assisted the assassin in his escape, 
was sentenced for six years. 

548. Andrew Johnson used this expression frequently ni 
his speeches on a tour through the United States. 

549. Henry Wilson went to Charles Sumner and borrowed 
one hundred dollars for this purpose. 

550. He believed that the soul took up its abode in the 
body of some beast at the death of its possessor. 

551. Philadelphia, York, Lancaster, Baltimore, Annapolis, 
New York and Washington have been the seat of Congress. 

552. From Russia, in 1S67. We paid $7,200,000 in gold. 
553- West Virginia was formed from the western part of 

the State of Virginia. 



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554. Marie Jean Paul Roch Yoes Gilbert Motier, Marquis 
de La Fayette. Which name is a title? 

555. No. See the Constitution. 

556. Abraham Lincoln was considered a good wrestler. 

557. The chief justice of the United States. 

558. Penn's Elm Tree, under which he made his famous 
treaty; the Charter Oak, in which the charter for Connecticut 
was preserved from the New England tyrant, and the Boston 
Elm, on Boston Common. 

559. The president receives $50,000 as his annual salary. 

560. The president is the commander-m-chief of all our 
forces. See Constitution. 

561. See No. 559; then solve. » 
563. General Mifflin. 

563. John Adams always became angry when lie attempted 
to read these acts. 

564. No. The theory is that we only see that which is re- 
flected. Thus, we say an object is red, when we only see 
this color reflected; an object is green, when this color is re- 
flected, etc. When all the colors are reflected to the eye, we 
say an object is white — a kind of compound color. When all 
the colors are absorbed by an object, we say it is black — an 
absence of color. 

565. Yes. See No. 564. 

566. Mary Newton pressed the button, which completed 
the circuit of electricity, and exploded the mine of dynamite 
intended to remove the dangerous rocks in Hell Gate passage. 
New York. 

567. They are called Albinos. 

568. This monument is ninety-eight feet, four and one-half 
inches in height. 

569. It is a hollowed rock on Long Island, N. Y. 

570. There are two from each State. How many now? 

571. The Western gold and silver mines. 



150 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

573. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. 

573. They were printed on red paper. 

574. The Puritan Sabbath began on Saturday evening. 

575. The Re\^ D. P. Gurley preached Lincohi's funeral 
sermon. 

576. In June, 1782. 

577. Delaware is so called, and her people are called the 
Blue Hen's Chickens. 

578. A township of land and $200,000 in money. 

579. See current history. 

580. See current history. 

58 1. William H. Seward was stabbed on the night of Lin- 
coln's assassination. 

5S2. North Carolina and Rhode Island. 

583. It is a historical fact that John Hancock became 
wealthy in this manner. 

584. No. See the Constitution. 

585. It has been said that if his soul was turned wrong side 
out there would not be found a spot upon it. 

586. An extinct race of people, who are supposed to have 
built the mounds of the Mississippi Valley. Did you ever see 
one of these mounds? If not, please find a picture of one, 
and then describe it. 

587. Snorre, son of Thorfinn Karlsefni, a rich man and an 
explorer. 

588. Believing that it had its source in the Garden of Eden, 
he named it the Gihon. 

589. The original and now the poetic name for Nova 
Scotia. This tract of countiy was granted to De Monts by 
Henry IV. of France, Nov. 8, 1603. 

590. A name popularly given to a large following of the 
Democratic party in New York during the time of Monroe, 
John Q. Adams, etc. 

591. A name given by Drake to the coast of the Pacific. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 151 

592. This is one of Washington Irving's sayings, and 
alludes to a prevailing passion for gain. 

593. This is the popular name given to the State of Wis- 
consin. 

594. The popular name for the State of Tennessee. 

595. We append Hopkinson's note on this incident: " Cer- 
tain machines, in the form of kegs, charged with gunpowder 
were sent down the river to annoy the British shipping, then 
at Philadelphia. The danger of these machines being dis- 
covered, the British manned the wharves and shipping, and 
discharged their small arms and cannons at everything they 
snw floating in the river during the ebb tide." 

596. A name given in derision of the regulations and 
officious supervision of the government of New Haven. The 
version that they were so called on account of their being 
printed on blue paper is not strictly authentic, as they were 
first printed on ^ straw-colored parchment. The author con- 
siders Professor Kingsley's note on this subject as embracing 
the facts sought for: "After the restoration of Charles II., the 
Puritans became the subjects of every kind of reproach and 
contumely. The epithet dlue was applied to every one who 
looked with disapprobation upon the licentiousness of the 
time. The Presbyterians, under which name all dissenters 
were often included, were more particularly designated by 
this term. Thus, Butler: 

" For his religion, it was fit 
To match his learning and his wit— 
Twas Presbyterian true blue?'' 

— HUDIBRAS. 

" That this epithet of derision snould find its way to the 
colonies, was a matter of course. It was here applied, not 
only to persons, but to customs, institutions and laws of the 
Puritans, by those who wished to render the prevailing sys- 
tem ridiculous. Hence, probably, a belief with some that a 



152 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



distinct system of laws, known as the '•blue laws^ must have, 
somewhere, a local habitation." 

KiNGSLEY. 

597. This is a cant nnme for the State of Delaware. This 
sobriquet is said to have had its )rigin in a certain Captain 
Caldwell's fondness for the amusement ofV:ock-fighting. He 
always insisted that no cock was truly game unless the 
mother was a blue hen^ and hence the name Blue Hen 
State and Blue Hen's Chickens. 

598. Burgoyne was so called in a popular ballad of 1792. 

599. A colored man named Crispus Attucks. 

600. When General Washington took command of the 
army in the Revolutionary War he found it very difficult to 
secure ammunition, supplies, etc. On one occasion, at a con- 
sultation of officers in which this vexed question came up for 
discussion, and there seemed no solution to the problem, 
Washington exclaimed: "We must consult Brother Jonathan 
on the subject." (The Brother Jonathan was none other 
than Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut.) Mr. 
Trumbull was consulted, and furnished the needed supplies. 
When difficulties of this nature arose, it was customary to re- 
peat Washington's words, and finally the origin of the ex- 
pression was forgotten, and Brother Jonathan has become 
our national sobriquet. 

601. Ohio is called from the buckeye tree {^^sculus 
/lava). 

602. The term originated in the sixteenth congress, during 
the debates on the " Missouri Question." FeHx Walker, an 
old mountaineer, who was a representative in this congress 
from a county in his district in North Carolina, called Bun- 
combe, arose to speak, when his friends insisted upon his 
silence, but he continued to speak, saying that he " must speak 
for Buncombe." Thus the phrase, " All for Buncombe." 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I^^ 

603. This is a cant term for the Chinese. First used in 
London, 18 19. 

604. Dr. Timothy D wight is probably the author of the 
term. See: 

"Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, 
The queen of the world and the child of the skies." 

The ballad " Hail Columbia" was written by Joseph Hop- 
Idnson for an actor named Fox, in 17S9. 

605. Kentucky is known as the Corncracker State. Its 
nihabitants are called Corncrackers. 

606. One of Washington Irving's favorite characters, whose 
adventures are chronicled in the " Legend of Sleepy Hollovi-." 

607. May 19, 1780, all of New England was suddenly ob- 
scured by a dense fog-cloud, lasting from ten a. m. till 
midnight of the next day. The darkness was so great that 
candles were kept burning in midday, and the animals went 
to sleep as at night. 

608. Originally it was an imaginary place within the 
boundaries of the Southern States, where the negro supposed 
was a perfect paradise. It now designates the whole of the 
Southern States. 

609. Elihu Burritt, who began life as a blacksmith, but 
finally became a noted linguist. 

610. Two English surveyors surveyed the line between 
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, and from this fact 
John Randolph, of Roanoke, was wont to use the term in his 
speeches on the slavery question. From his frequent allusion 
to the line, others took it up, and it soon became common. 

611. Thomas H. Benton was so called from his advocac}^ 
of gold and silver as the only circulating medium as money. 

613. James Buchanan was so called from his so styling 
himself in his annual message of 1859. 
613. Abraham Lincoln. Why.?. 



154 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

614. It is a popular way of saying that a candidate for 
office has been defeated. The phrase has its origin in the fact 
that Salt River, Kentucky, is a very difficult stream to navi- 
gate, owing to its rapid descent and tortuous course, and the 
real phrase aj^plies to the person who undertakes to row up 
this stream ; but we now apply it as above. 

615. In the early explorations of its prairies, the tiaveler 
frequently suffered for want of Avater, but he soon learned to 
carry a hollow reed or tube with him, which he could thrust 
downward Into the holes made by the crawfish, and there- 
from draw the cooling liquid. From this he was called a 
« Sucker." 

616. Messrs. Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson were eng-ag-ed 
by Elbert Anderson, of New York, to go to Troy and ship 
provisions, supplies, etc., as he might contract for, to the 
different military posts in the War of 181 3. In marking 
these goods for transportation they used the initials, " E. A., 
U. S." When asked the signification of these letters, a 
facetious fellow remarked that he did not know, unless they 
meant "Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam." (He alluded to 
Uncle Samuel Wilson, as lie was then called.) Thus " U. 
S." became Uncle Sam. 

617. The Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, was so called, 
from the fact that he drove a team with Harrison's army in 
the War of 18 12. 

618. A tract of 3,666,921 acres of land, reserved by Con- 
necticut at the cession of the Northwest Territory. Con- 
necticut relinquished jurisdiction over it in iSoo, but reserved 
the right to sell the land in small lots. 

619. It is built of freestone, but painted white; hence the 
appellation. 

620. General Washington. 

621. Ask your teacher, and if he does not know, have him 
find out and report. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 55 

622. His sick wife was carried through the wilderness. 

623. He was hanged, after being tried and convicted for 
murder. 

624. Tennessee has a clause in the State Constitution to 
that effect. 

625. La Fayette S. Foster served the first two years, then 
Benjamin F. Wade the remainder of the term. 

626. Twenty cents per mile. 

627. It was only recognized as a belligerent confederacy — 
nothing more. 

628. George Washington, April 30, 1789; James Monroe, 
second term, March 5, 1821; John Tyler, April 6, 1841; 
Zachary Taylor, March 5, 1849; Millard Fillmore, July 10, 
1850; Andrew Johnson, April 15, 1865; Rutherford B. 
Hayes, March 5, 1877; Chester A. Arthur, Sept. 20, 1881. 

629. His remains were taken to West Point, where a 
monument marks his resting-place. 

630. The " Great Eastern," built by Scott Russell, at Max- 
well-on-the-Thames, England. Work was commenced May 
I, 1854, and the vessel was launched Nov. 3, 1857. Her length 
was 680 feet; breadth, 118 feet; height, 58 feet; total weight, 
12,000 tons. This vessel laid the Atlantic cable. 

631. George F. Root, of Chicago. 

632. He was buried in the shade of some willows in the 
grounds of the arsenal in Washington. The grave was un- 
marked and its location known to but tew. In 1866 Edwin 
Booth, the actor, applied through Mr. Weaver, the sexton of 
Christ Chuich, Baltimore, for his brother's remains. The 
request was granted by President Johnson and the remains 
were secretly taken to a cemetery in Baltimore where they 
were inte^-red beside those of his father. Booth's brain, heart 
and some bones taken from his leg are on exhibition at the 
Army Medical Museum at Washington. 

633. A Httle West of Cincinnati, Ohio. If the United 



156 UNITED STATES MISTORY. 

States were a plain surface without weight, but capable of 
sustaining our population, a pivot upon which it would exactly 
balance would represent the center of jDopulation. (This 
assumes that all persons are of the same weight.) 

634. Mary Dyer was hanged at this place in 1660. She 
was a member of the society of Friends. 

635. Obed Hussy of Cincinnati patented the first reaper in 
1833. In 1834 McCormick patented his improved reaper. 
W. H. Seymour of New York patented the self rake in 1851. 

636. Yes, he can make out his papers on pension days and 
receive his check. 

637. He was arrested, sent to England, tried and executed 
in 1 701. 

63S. No. See the constitution. 

639. No. They must work it out or pay for it. 

640. No, They are not not required to give bond but the 
treasurer of the United States gives bond in a penalty of 
$ 1 50,000. 

641. Mrs. Hayes was the first to entirely suppress it. Mrs. 
Grant succeeded in abolishing it at her own private table, but 
it was still used in State dinners. 

642. By a congressman, as in the case of any other Territory. 

643. The five judges of the Supreme Court were ClifFoid, 
Strong, Miller, Field and Bradley. The five senators were 
Edmunds, Morton, Freylinghuysen, Thurman and Bayard. 
The five congressmen were Payne, Hunton, Abbott, Garfield 
and Hoar. 

644. There are five. Situated at Philadelphia, New Or- 
leans, Denver, Carson and San Francisco. 

645. President Hayes v/as so called. Why ? 

646. He received $35,000 per annum for his first term and 
$50,000 per annum for his second term. What the amount? 

647. From the power in him vested as commander-in-chief 
of our armies and as a means of suppressing the Rebellion. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 57 

64S. Senator Edmunds of Vermont. 

649. Rutherford B. Hayes was chosen by an Electoral 
Commission. 

650. The 4th of March, 1883, falling on Sunday, he resigned 
in order that the Senate might elect its president and thus 
avoid the consequent vacancy in office. 

651. The "Vittoria," commanded by Sebastian Del Carro, 
one of Magellan's officers. Magellan was killed at the Phil- 
ippine Islands. 

652. The commission consisted of Major-General David 
Hunter, Major-Generals Lew Wallace and August V. Kantz, 
Brigadier-Generals A. P. Home, R. S. Foster, James A. 
Ekin, Thomas M. Harris, Colonel Chas. H. Tompkins and 
Brevet-Colonel D. R. Clendennin. 

653. They are taken down and trailed over the stern of 
the vessel. 

654. Martin Van Buren did not call for his salary until the 
expiration of his term. 

655. Washington left an estate valued at eight hundred 
thousand dollars. Van Buren was the next in ortler of wealth 
having property to the value of four hundred thousand dollars. 

656. Each stripe should be one half as many inches wide 
as the flag is feet long. The field should be one third the 
length of the flag and seven stripes in width. The infantry 
company flag is six feet by six and one half. 

657. Two million eight hundred and forty two thousand 
seven hundred and forty eight. 

658. The Pullman Car Company purchased it and removed 
it to Pullman, Cook Countv, 111. 

659. Lieutenant J. G. Dickinson and Corporal Munger, of 
Colonel Pritchard's troops. 

660. Yes. The hundred thousand dollars was distributed 
among the soldiers concerned in his capture. 

661. He killed Charles Dickinson in a duel. 



158 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

662. Companies A and G, of the Fourth lUinois Regiment, 
were the first to reach Santa Anna's carriage containing his 
cork leg. Private Abe Waldren, of Company G, first laid 
hands on it. Sergeant John M. Gill and privates Sam and 
Frank Rhodes purchased the leg of Waldren for a small 
sum of money and brought it to Pekin, 111. In 1862 they 
sent it by General McCook to Washington City where it was 
deposited in the patent office. 

662. It refers to the vote of the electoral commission in 
which the eight Republicans voted for Hayes and the seven 
Democrats for Tilden. (Figuratively speaking.) 

663. The "stars and bars " was adopted in 1S61, by the 
Confederate Congress. It was composed of three horizontal 
bars of equal width, the middle one of which was white, the 
other two red, and in the upper left-hand corner was a blue 
square with nine white stars arranged in a circle. Several 
changes were made from time to time, but the general 
make up remained the same till the surrender of Lee and 
Johnson. 

664. Yes. New Hampshire abolished slavery by the adop- 
tion of her new constitution in 1783. Vermont abolished in 
the same manner in 1 777. Massachusetts framed a constitution 
in 1780, that had the effect of abolishing slavery. Rhode 
Island provided a by-law that all persons born in that State 
after March, 1 784, should be free. In 1 784 Connecticut passed 
an act providing for the gradual abolition of slavery. New 
York provided for gradual emancipation in 1799. In 18 17 
an act was passed declaring all persons free after July 4, 1824. 
In 1804 New Jersey passed a gradual emancipation act, but 
it went into force very slowly. The census of 1840 shows 
674 slaves in the State. In 1780 Pennsylvania passed a 
gradual emancipation act. 

665. " Vengeance is mine ! I will repay, saith the Lord." 

666. In the year 1S16 frost occurred throughout New Eng. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. I ^q 

land and the Middle States every month. Ice formed one 
half an inch tiiick in May. A furious snow storm visited 
Massachusetts in June, and ice was formed in Vermont, New 
York, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire on the 5th of July. 

667. A flirmer of Hispanlola named Nunez de Balhoa, 
discoverer of the Pacific Ocean, had himself packed in a hogs- 
head and labeled, " Victuals for the voyage." 

668. The Democrats (Republicans) elected to this office 
were Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson. Van Buren, Polk, 
Pierce, Buchanan. 

669. No fixed number is required. A Territory is admitted 
as a State whenever Congress voies to have it admitted. 

670. Because the constitution so provides. This instrument 
contemplates the election of this officer by States and not by 
the popular majority. 

671. He may be. There is no provision in the constitution 
against this. 

672. The vice-president is merely the presiding officer of 
the Senate, not even having a vote except in a tie. 

673. Two hundred and ninety four. 

674. A vessel employed to guard against smuggling. 

675. A copyright is an exclusive privilege given*' to any 
citizen, or resident of the U.S., to print, publish or sell any 
book, map, chart, engraving or musical composition of which 
he or she is the author or proprietor. 

676. It is the title of an organization chartered orio-inally 
by the State of Pennsylvania in 1859, wilh the intention of 
conductmg a general loan and contract business. It was re- 
organized in 1S64 foi' thepurpose of enabling the stockholders 
of the Union Pacific Railroad to construct the road without 
incurring any pecuniary liability in case of failure. Finally 
it was developed that congressmen had voted for these meas- 
ures in which they were interested, thus securing large divi- 
dends. ^ 



l6o UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

677. Mr. Hamilton, during Burr's candidacy for the orover- 
norship of New York, had written a friend that he believed 
Burr to be a dan<>-erous man and one not to be trusted with 
power. The letter coming to Burr's notice, he challenged 
Hamilton to fight a duel. 

678. He was thrown from a wagon which caused his death. 

679. Washington sent her to New York, from which place 
she went to England and joined her husband. Arnold died 
in 1 80 1, and his wife in 1804. 

680. England furnished the Leopard and the Agamemnon, 
and the United States furnished the Niagara and the Susque- 
hanna. 

68 1. Because it was reserved by Connecticut when the 
States along the Atlantic coast relinquished their claims. 

6S2. Generals Dodge, Atkinson and Taylor had command 
at different times under General Scott. 

683. When a State is districted for the purpose of determdn- 
mg the counties in a certain district it often happens that there 
is an excess of the required population in each district. When 
the total of this excess reaches the required apportionment, 
then the State is entitled to a congressman-at-large. 

684. David R. Locke, of the Toledo Blade (18S3). 
6S5. Abraham Lincoln during the war of the Rebellion. 
6'^6. The acting pres'dent of the Senate. 

687. The British government paid it to Sir Edward 
Thornton and E. M. Archibald, Ministers at Washington. 
These ministers in turn paid it to our government. The draft 
was endorsed as follows; « Pay to the joint order ofH. B. M. 
Minister and Charge d' Affaires at Washington. 

" Drexel, Morgan & Co. 
" Morton, Bliss & Co. 
"Jay, Cooke & Co. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. l6l 

Pay to the order of Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. 
" Edward Thornton, H. B. M., Minister. 
" E. M. Archibald, H. B. M., Charge cP Affaires. 

" Pay to the order of WiUiam A. Richardson, Secretary of 
the Treasury. 

" Hamilton P^ish." 

^I^'^. These inaugurations are attended with more or less 
civic and military display and these displays would not be 
appropriate on the Sabbath. 

6S9. It is an association of papers for the collection and 
distribution of news of interest to the reading public. 

690. It is a non-political and non-sectarian organizarion of 
ex-soldiers of the late Rebellion for the purpose of rendering 
assistance to needful worthy associates and to the widows and 
orphans of soldiers, and for the encouragement of patriotic 
sentiments, social intercourse, etc., among its members. 

691. Yes, they must serve for a term of eight years unless 
sooner discharged. 

692. Where the murder is committed with malice and full 
intent it is termed murder of the first degree. Incases where 
there seems to be some reasonable excuse or some extenuatino- 
circumstances it is classed in the second or the third degree. 

693. " C. C." indicates that the coin was made at the mint 
of Carson City; " O," at New Orleans; and " S," at San 
Francisco. Philadelphia uses no lettering. 

694. He was shot in the Marshall House by its proprietor, 
Mr. Jackson, who, in turn was shot by one of Ellsworth's 
soldiers named Brownell. 

695. The first ten were ratified by the several legislatures, 
Nov. 30, 1789 and Dec. 15, 1791. The eleventh was ratified 
Jan. 8, 1798. The twelfth was ratified in 1804. The thir- 
teenth was ratified by Dec. 6, 1865. The fourteenth, by July 
13, 1868. The fifteenth, by Feb. 19, 1870. 



1 62 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

696. No, but the States of New York and New Jersey 
indicted him for murder. 

697. It is a sub-department; i.e.^ a branch of a department 
for a special purpose. 

698. A battery consists of six guns and one hundred men. 

699. Sept. 24, 1869. 

700. It was a grand display of "shooting stars" on the 
morning of Nov. 13, 1833. We quote from Prof. Olmsted 
as follows; "The first appearance was that of fireworks of 
the most imposing grandeur, covering the entire vault of 
heaven with myriads of fireballs resembling sky-rockets. 
Their corruscations were bright, gleaming, and incessant, and 
they fell thick as the flakes of the early snows of Dece^nber. 
To the splendors of this celestial exhibition the most splendid 
sky-rockets and fireworks of art bear less relation than the 
twinkling of the most tiny star to the broad glare of the sun." 

701. Feb. 30, 1863, by act of Congress. 

702. In a minority i^epresentation where there are three 
candidates to be elected a man may cast one vote for each of 
three persons, three for one candidate, or one and one-half for 
each of any two. Do you know of a case in which the above 
is exemplified? 

703. The name originated from the story of a Dutch farmer 
who burned his barn to clear it of rats. The Barnburners 
were an offshoot of the Democratic party, and opposed to the 
extension of slavery. 

704. A lodge of Free Masons, in 1733, organized at Boston 
by Lord Montague. 

705. They called it " killikinick." 

706. He took an early train, and simply wore a Scotch 
cloak. 

707. Yes; he visited the region of the Orinoco in 1595. 
70S. New York. It nas five. 

709. Illinois pays more than any other State. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 163 

710. When Washington took the reins of government he 
had three cabinet officers, viz., the secretary of foreign affairs, 
secretary of the treasury, and the attorney general. The de- 
partment of war and the navy were created in August, 17S9. 
In April, 1798, it was divided into two departments. The 
head of the postoffice department became a member of the 
cabinet in 1S39. The department of the interior was repre- 
sented in the cabinet in 1849. 

711. John Ericsson designed the iron-clad monitor. 

712. The government of a Territory is established by con- 
gress. The president nominates and the senate confirms the 
governor, secretary and judges of the courts. Congress 
passes all general laws for the government of the inhabitants. 

713. Yes. This body is elected b}' the inhabitants of the 
Territory, and takes charge of its local interests. 

714. Delegates are elected to a constitutional convention. 
A constitution is prepared and submitted to a popular vote of 
the people of the Territory. If the vote is favorable, then the 
State is ready for admission, which is left to congress. 

715. The official register of the names of the officers of the 
government is called the " Blue Book." It is published every 
two years, by authority of an act of congress passed in 1S16. 

716. The flag of the United States. 

717. Mrs. Ross, of No. 239 Arch street, Philadelphia. 

718. The Hon. Geo. Ross, a relative of hers, suggested 
that he go with the committee having this matter under con- 
sideration to her house and ask her to do the sewing upon it. 
He was permitted to do so, and thus she has the honor of 
making the first flag. 

719. It indicates the authority of the government, and is 
used only by the secretary of state. 

720. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jef- 
ferson were appointed as a committee to report a device for a 
seal in 1776. They reported Aug. 10, 1776, but for some 



164 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

reason congress never acted upon this report. Another com- 
mittee was appointed in 1779? and reported May 10, 1780. 
The report was not accepted and the committee ordered to 
make another trial. This committee was released the next 
year. A third committee was appointed in 1782, but did not 
succeed in agreeing upon a device. The matter was referred 
to Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress, but his device 
failed to receive the sanction of congress. Finally, Sir John 
Prestwitch, of England, handed John Adams an appropriate 
device, which was forwarded to Thompson. He presented 
this design to-congress, and it was adopted in June, 1782. 

721. Thirteen perpendicular pieces, white and red; a blue 
field; the escutcheon displayed on the breast of the American 
eagle, holding in his right talon an olive branch, and in his 
left a bundle of thirteen arrows; in his beak a scroll con- 
taining the motto, " E Pluribus Unumf over the head of 
the eagle, a golden glory breaking through a cloud, and con- 
taining thirteen stars, forming a constellation. Draw as much 
of this as you can f)"om the above description. 

722. We have but one. This is located at West Point. 

723. He was wounded by an arrow shot by a native, near 
Morocco, in Africa. 

724. This noted bell was first cast in England for the old 
State House in Philadelphia, in 1751. In 1752 it was badly 
cracked by a heavy stroke of the clapper, and on this account 
it was re-cast in 175s. 

725. It was carried to Bethlehem in 1777, to keep it from 
falling into the hands of the British. It was not restored to 
its old place until July 8, 1835. It was broken while tt)]ling 
the funeral of Chief Justice Marshall. 

726. Prof. J. L. Campbell, of Wabash College, Indiana, 
first wrote a letter to Hon. Morton McMichael, Mayor of 
Philadelphia, suggesting that the 4th of July, 1876, would be 
an appropriate time, and the City of Brotherly Love a fit 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 165 

place, to have the world's jubilee. In No\ember, iS68, he 
wrote a second letter to Mayor McMIchael, urging the same 
proposition. 

737. John L. Shoemaker introduced a resolution before the 
council on Jan. 20, 1S69. The State legislature en- 
dorsed the resolution. D. J. Morrell presented a bill to 
congress, asking for aid in the project, and it was passed the 
3d of March, 1871, and thus the initiatory steps were taken 
for holding "the grandest World's Fair on record." 

738. Yes, but the fossil remains of the horse found on 
this continent as far back as the Eocene strata. These fossils 
are frequently found and classified in order of age as follows: 

HORSE QUATERNARY. 

Pilohippus 



3pUS )p|. 

iippus \ 



-D , 1 . r a. iiocene 

Frotohippus \ 

Miohippus I ,^. 

-x/r ^^ y Miocene. 

Mesohippus ( 

Orohippus j -r^ 

-r, , . ^^ y iiocene. 

-tL-oiiippus j 

Note. — See dictionary for the meaning of above terms. 

729. It is now known that the horse had been long since 
extinct when America was discovered. 

730. John Quincy Adams, who served so long, was never 
tardy at roll-call, but was always found in his seat at that 
time. On a certain occasion as the clock struck the hour for 
commencement of the session, a member asked the speaker 
if he should not call the house to order, bwt he replied, " No, 
sir, Mr. Adams is not in his seat yet." Just then he appeared 
and it was shown that the clock was three minutes too fist. 

731. Henry Clay; by his Missouri Compromise, Tariff 
Bill and Omnibus Bill. 

732. John Quincy Adams. 

733. On April 13, 1638, at Quinipiae, Connecticut. New 
Haven was soon afterward founded at this place. 



l66 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

734. This little State was formerly composed of two set- 
tlements, viz., Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations. 
These were united in 1643 by a patent obtained through the 
influence of Roger Williams, and thus remained until 1663, 
when they received a charter from Charles II., incorporating 
the two colonies as " Rhode Island and Providence Planta- 
tions." This charter was the constitution, until 1842. During 
colonial times, the legislature met alternately at Newport and 
Providence, and when the new constitutions were adopted, 
these capitals were retained. 

735. Missouri contains Iron Mountain and Pilot Knob, 
two immense piles of rich iron ore. 

736. Biography treats of persons, and hi-story of nations. 

737. The Americans had burned some Canadian villages on 
the frontier, and this was done in retaliation. 

73S. Spies were hanged during the Revolution, as this was 
considered an ignominious death. Soldiers were shot. 

739. A little over tlwee hours. Chief Justice Salmon P. 
Chase administered the oath of office to Andrew Johnson, at 
eleven o'clock April 15, 1S65. 

740. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 
Sixteenth president of the United States. 

Born, February 13, 1809. 
Died, April 15, 1865. 

741. William Hunter was appointed at a cabinet meeting 
called by President Johnson immediately after he took the 
oath. 

742. PALL BEARERS. PALL BEARERS. 

Of the Senate. Of the House. 

Foster, Conn. Dawes, Mass. 

Morgan, N. Y. Coffroth, Penn. 

Johnson, Md. Smith, Kj. 

Yates, 111. Colfax, Ind. 

Wade O. Worthington, Nev. 

Conness, Cal. Washburn, 111. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 67 

Army. Navy. 

U. S. Grant. D. G. Farragut. 

H. W. Halleck. W. B. Shubrick. 

W. A. Nichols. Jacob Zeilen. 

Civilians. 

O. H, Browning. Thomas Corwin. 

Geo. Ashmun. Simon Cameron. 

743. Harrison and Taylor had lain in state in the same 
room to which Lincoln was carried after his death. 

744. Tickets were issued to six hundred persons, and only 
they were admitted. The form of the ticket was as follows: 

SOUTH. 

Admit the bearer to the 
EXECUTIVE MANSION, 
Ok Wednesday, the igth of April, 1S65. 

745. Bishop Matthew Simpson of the Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. 

746. The penalty of the bond was $100,000. Among 
those who signed it were Horace Greeley, Cornelius Vander- 
bilt, John Minor Botts and Gerrit Smith. 

747. Yes. Through the generosity of W. W. Corcoran, 
of Washington City, the author of "Home Sweet Home" 
will have a neat monument erected to his memory. The 
monument is to be of Carrara marble, resting on a base of 
gray granite, and surmounted by a bust one and one half the 
size of the average. The entire height will be twelve feet, 
and the base six feet square. The plinth and capital will be 
carved, but there will be no display. The style is old 
Roman, and a good specimen of classical art. (Draw your 
ideal of this monument.) 

748. Any graveyard may be so called, but the term is 
usually applied to large enclosures for this purpose. 

749. Six snow-white horses drew the hearse in which 
rested the remains of President Lincoln. 



l68 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

750. Dr. Charles R. Brown. 

751. Thaddeus Stevens was observed standing alone on a 
large rock as the funeral car approached Lancaster. It is 
worthy of note that James Buchanan was noticed in his car- 
riage at the depot of this place. 

753. Into the old Independence Hall. His body was placed 
on a platform with his feet to the north and his head very near 
the pedestal which supports the old Liberty Bell. 

753. Sixteen; each horse led by a groom. 

754. One side showed " Abraham Lincoln, our Emancipa- 
tor;" on the other, " To millions of bondsmen, he liberty 
gave." 

755. William Cullen Bryant, the poet, wrote this poem. 
Dr. Osgood read it at the funeral services in New York City, 
April 25, 1S65. The ode is as follows: 

" Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, 
Gentle, and merciful, and just, 
Who, in the fear of God, did'st bear 

The sword of power, a nation's trust. 

*' In sorrow by thy bier we stand, 

Amid the awe that hushes all. 
And speak the anguish of a land 

That shook with horror at thy fall. 

" Thy task is done ; the bound are free ; 
We bear thee to an honored grave 
Whose noblest monument shall be 
The broken fetters of the slave. 

" Pure \vas thy life ; its bloody close 

Hath placed thee, Avith the sons of light, 
Among the noble host of those 

Who perished in the cause of right." 

756. A leaf from the Common Prayer Book, and a piece 
of paper on which were glued some fringes. These were 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 169 

found under the head of a skeleton found in one of Sir John 
Franklin's lost boats. This paper contained the legible words 
" The Martyr," probably written by the man whose bones 
covered it. General Dix placed them in the cofhn as he re- 
ceived them from Captain Parker Snow, commander of the 
expedition which discovered them. 

757. Messrs. Lynch and Arnot, of St. Louis, tendered its 
use to Mayor Dennis, through Mayor Thomas, of St. Louis. 
It was built in Philadelphia at a cost of six thousand dollars, 
and had been used at Thomas Benton's funeral. It was drawn 
by six black horses, draped in mourning and wearing plumes 
on their crests, driven by Mr. Arnot without the aid of 
grooms. 

75S. The Hon. David Davis, Col. Ward H. Lamon and 
Major- General David Hunter. 

759. " Old Bob," or " Robin," Lincoln's saddle horse used 
in his law practice, now aged sixteen years. He was led by 
two colored grooms. 
' 760. Sixteen hundred and sixty-two miles. 

761. Vermont. It was selected from thirty-seven designs 
furnished by thirty-one artists. Larkin G. Mead, Jr., of Brat- 
tleboro, furnished the one selected. 

Mr. Mead furnished the statuary at the following cost. 

A Statue of Lincoln. , , , $13,700 

An Infantry Group 13,700 

A Cavalry " 13,700 

An Artillery " i3,7co 

A Marine " 13,700 

A Coat of Arm of the U. S 1,500 

A total cost of $70,000 

"162. The cabalistic O. K. was first used by Old Keokuk, an 
influential chief of the Sacs and Foxes, when he signed the 
deed to Iowa. Instead of the signature Old Keokuk, he sim- 



lyo UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

ply wrote O. K. Thus we find this signature originated "Oil 
Korrect." 

763. The stone was taken from a wall built at Rome by 
Servius Tullius 530 years before Christ. The inscription is 
as follows : 

"To Abraham Lincoln, president for the second time of the 
American Republic, citizens of Rome present this stone, from 
the wall of Servius Tullius, by which the memory of each of 
those brave asserters of liberty may be associated. Aftno 

1S65." 

764. It was discovered in the rubbish of the basement room 
of the White House about a year after the assassiuc-'tion of 
Lincoln. The stone was boxed and shipped to Springfield, 
Sept. 15, 1870, and was placed in Memorial Hall of the mon- 
ument, August, 1 87 1. 

765. If you cannot, please get some one to do so for you, 
and memorize the list. 

766. The suspension bridge at East River, connecting New 
York and Brooklyn, is the grandest structure of its kind in 
the world. It is 5,989 feet in length and cost $15,000,000. 

767. Practically so in 1836. The out-standing debt at 
this time was $328,582, but was not paid off from the fact that 
the claims were not presented, there being money in the treas- 
ury. 

768. Compulsory laws exist in the States of Connecticut, 
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, Ohio, Vermonr, Wisconsin, Texas and California. 
The laws are not enforced in many of the States, Massachu- 
setts and Connecticut being the only two enforcing these laws 
to any extent. 

769. $150,000. It is 221 feet in height; 31 feet square at 
the base and 15 ft. square at the top. The shaft encloses a 
spiral stair-case of 294 steps. 

770. This famous eagle died in the State House park at 



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171 



Madison, Wis., in 1881. This bird was the property of the 
Eighth Wisconsin V^olunteers and was carried through the hist 
three years of the Civil War. The bird became a national 
pet and was welcomed with delight wherever he was taken. 
The sale of colored lithographs of « Old Abe," at Chicago, 
in 1S65, brought $16,308.93. 

771. Washington, Jackson, Johnson and Garfield. 

773. Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge, born at 
Kent, Virginia, May 17, 1732. She was mairied at the age 
of seventeen to Colonel John P. Custis, who died a few years 
later, leaving Mrs. Custis with two children. Washington 
married her Jan. 6, 1759. She died May 23, 1802. 

773. The Hon. Norman B. Judd, of Chicago. 

774. He was the son of Christian K. Ross, of German- 
town, Pennsylvania. He in company with his brother, Wal- 
ter, was playing in the street when two men persuaded them 
to get into a buggy; after driving over the town for some 
time they gave Walter twenty-five cents to purchase some ' 
candy and toy torpedoes; when he returned they had driven 
away with Charlie. After some days Mr. Ross was notified 
by letter that he could have his boy for $20,000 as ransom 
money. Mr. Ross refused, to pay the money unless the boy 
was delivered when the money was paid. An arrangement 
was made to meet the kidnappers at a Fifth Avenue hotel in 
New York, but they did not appear. Three years after this 
two burglars were shot at the residence of Judge Van Brunt, 
Bay Ridge, Long Island. One was killed outright but the 
other lived long etiough to say that his accomplice was the 
only person who knew of the location of Charlie Ross. Char- 
lie Ross is still the "Lost Child of America." 

775. The importation of slaves was abolished in 1808, 
but many were smuggled into the slave States from time to 
time. The last were landed just previous to the breaking 
out of the Rebellion. 



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UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



776. Because he was absent from Philadelphia when the 
report of the committee was made. 

777. He was a writer of popular juvenile works, especially 
historical sketches; was born at Ridgefield, Conn., in 1793, 
died in 1S62, His name was Samuel Griswold Goodrich. 

778. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, was so called on 
account of his opposition to slavery and secession. He was 
in the House of Representatives during the thirty-first, thirty- 
second and thirty-sixth, to the fortieth congresses. 

779. President Hayes took the oath prescribed by the con- 
stitution at 7:30 p. M., on Sunday, March 4, 1877, in the 
private reception room of Mrs. Grant. This room is known 
as the "red parlor;" the oath was administered by Morrison 
R. Waite, in the presence of Gen. Grant and Hamilton Fish. 
Hayes signed the engrossed oath; the chief justice attached 
his certificate, and handed it to the secretary of state. 

780. It is a low, flat island of the North Sea, and is among 
the possessions of Holland. 

781. Elihu B. Washburn of Illinois was appointed March 
5, 1869, but resigned March 11, six days after his appoint- 
ment. Hamilton Fish was appointed to take his place, and 
served the balance of Grant's presidency. 

782. The custom was introduced from Europe, during our 
early colonial times, and has been retained from time imme- 
morial. Friday has been considered an unlucky day. The 
ancestors of nearly all Europe so considered it. After the 
introduction of Christianity, this day becam.e more obnoxious 
to the inhabitants, as it wa^ taught that Christ expired on 
Friday. In early English jurisprudence, it became custom- 
ary to execute criminals on this day, and hence its introduc- 
tion into the colonies. 

783. Rose Hartwick Thorpe. 

784. Henry VV. Shaw, born at Lanesborough, Mass., in 
1818. He is a humorous writer. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 173 

785. Dr. Franklin, 1 745. 

7S6. James Piper, in 18 18, climbed from the bottom to 
the top of the natural bridge. It is said that Washmgton 
had climbed the highest previous to this time. 

787. In the State of Louisiana. 

7S8. Henry W. Longfellow's wife was burned, and died 
from its effects; the accident occurred by her clothing catch- 
ing fire, while dressing for a party in 1861. 

789. Upon a buffalo robe in his tent. 

790. Chester A. Arthur took the oath of of^ce in New 
York City, the 30th of September, 1881, and again at Wash- 
ington on the 23d. 

791. Andrew Jackson. 
793. Rutherford B. Hayes. 

793. George Washington. 

794. The Southern soldiers were denominated Johnnies by 
the Union soldiers. 

795. James A. Garfield. 

796. " Bring me, I beg you, the epaulets and sword knots 
which Washington gave me. Let me die in my old Ameri- 
can uniform, the uniform in which t fought my battles. God 
forgive me for ever putting on any other." 

797. Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Pierce, Bu- 
chanan, Johnson (after his term as president) and Garfield. 

. 798. Washington, Jackson, Harrison, Taylor, Pierce, 
Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. 

799. Abraham Lincoln. 

800. Six of them held to the Episcopal faith, viz.: Wash- 
ington, Madison, Tyler, Taylor, Monroe and Arthur. Six 
were Presbyterians, viz.: Jackson, Harrisoti, Polk, Pierce, 
Buchanan and Johnson. Two were Methodists, viz.: Grant 
and Hayes. Three were Unitarians, viz.: John and J. Q. 
Adams and Fillmore. One belonged to the Dutch Reformed 
Church, viz.: Martin Van Buren. One to the Church of 



174 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



the Disciples or Christians, viz.: Garfield. Two were not 
attached to any church, viz.; Jefferson and Lincoln. 

8oi. Jackson, Fillmore, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson and 
Garfield. 

802. The one-cent stamp contains the head of Benjamin 
Franklin. The two-cent stamp contains the head of Andrew 
Jackson. The three-cent stamp, the head of Washington. 
The five-cent (blue) stamp, the head of Zachary Taylor. 
The six-cent stamp (red), the head of Lincoln. The seven- 
cent (vermilion) stamp, the head of Stanton. The ten- 
cent (chocolate) stamp, the head of Jefferson. The twelve- 
cent (purple) stamp, the head of Henry Clay. The fifteen- 
cent (orange) stamp, the head of Daniel Webster. The 
twenty-four (purple) cent stamp, the head of General Scott. 
The thirty-cent (black) stamp, the head of Alexander Ham- 
ilton. The ninety-cent stamp, a portrait of Oliver Hazard 
Perry. The seven, twelve and twenty-four-cent stamps arc 
now retired. The new five-cent stamp contains Garfield's 
portrait. 

803. At Fort Warren, by the Glee Club of the second bat- 
talion of light infantry in 1862. 

804. In 1847. 

805. La Salle taught a denominational school at Rouen, 
France. 

806. The waives of Polk, Tyler, and Garfield. 

807. It is a flag designed for the mainmast of every vessel 
used by the president in his travels. It is eleven feet wide 
and fourteen feet long. In the center is our coat of arms, the 
eagle holding in its mouth the pennant inscribed, " E Pliiri- 
bus Unu7nr Thirteen white stars are arranged in a semi-cir- 
cle above the coat of arms. 

808. His greatest weight w^as two hundred and nine 
pounds. 

809. Andrew Johnson lies at Greenfield, Tenn., wrapped 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 1 73 

in the folds of the Union flag. The coffin contains a copy of 
the constitution. 

810. Wordsworth at New York in 1817. 

811. They called the river Qua-neh-ta-cut. This in their 
language meant " long river." 

, 812. The inscriptions are as follows; 

North. 



Erected 






In pursuance of 






A Resolution of Congress, approved Oct. 


27, I 


781, 


and one approved June 7, 1880, 






To Commemorate the Victory 






by which 






The Independence of the United States of 




America was achieved. 







South. 



At Yorktown, on Oct. 19, 1781, 

After a siege of nineteen days, 

By 5,500 Americans; 7,000 French Infantry of the Line, 

3,500 Militia, under command of 

Gov. Thomas Nelson, and 36 French Ships 

of the Line, 

Earl Cornwallis, 

Commander of the British forces at Yorktown 

and Gloucester, 

Surrendered the Army, 

7,251 officers and men, 840 seamen, 244 cannon, 

and 24 standards, 

To his Excellency George Washington, 

Commander-in-Chief of the combined forces of 

America and France ; 

To his Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, 

Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Christian 

Majesty in America, 

And to his Excellency the Comte de Grasse, 

Commanding-in-Chief the Naval Army of 

France in Chespeake. 



iy6 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

West. 



The Treaty, 

Concluded Feb. 6, 1778, 

Between the United States of America 

And Louis XVI., King of France, 

Declares 

The essential and direct end 

Of the present Defensive Alliance, 

Is to maintain effectively 

The Liberty, Sovereignty and Independence, 

Absolute and Unlimited, 

Of the sa-d United States, 

As well in matters of Government as of 

Commerce. 



East. 



The Provisional Articles of Peace, 

Concluded Nov. 30, 1782, 

And the Definite Treaty of Peace, 

Concluded Sept. 3, 17S3, 

Between the United States of America 

And George III., King of Great Britain and Ireland, 

Declares : 

His Britannic Majesty Acknowledges the said 

United States, 

Viz.: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, 

Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 

Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 

Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, 

Virginia, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Georgia, 

To be Free and Sovereign and Independent 

States. 



813. He said "I did it. I am a stalwart, and Arthur is 
now president." 

814. It is a colony or community of persons formed by 
John H. Noyes in 1837, at Putney, Vt. The community 
removed to Oneida Creek, Lenox Township, Madison County, 
N. Y., in 1847. There are four cardinal principles in the 
belief of the members of this society, viz. : Reconciliation to 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERIES. 177 

God, salvation from sin, equality of man and woman, the 
union of labor and its products. The members of this com- 
munity have been accused of teaching the doctrine of "free 
love," but such is not the case. 

815. It is customary for a president to kiss the Holy Bible 
when inaugurated. The verse and chapter are usually re- 
corded by some one present. Garfield kissed the first six 
verses of the twenty-first chapter of the book of Proverbs. 

816. Name as many persons as you may think of, then call 
upon your parents and others for persons not named. Whom 
have you listed? 

817. Mrs. Benjamin Pitman, of Cincinnati, was cremated at 
Washington by Dr. Le Moyne, Feb. 15, 1S78. 

818. No. The articles of capitulation permitted Lee and 
his officers of certain rank to retain their side arms. 

819. The 4th of March fell on Sunday and he took the oath 
on (he 3d, and 5th. 

830. General William Henry Harrison. 

821. He had engaged as a mule driver on the canal, but in 
a few days after his employment he undertook to steer the 
boat, but the rudder struck a snag and the tiller striking him 
with full force landed him in deep water; his companions 
pulled him out, but his scare, hurt, and his getting wet threw 
him into a fever. On recovering from his sickness he had lost 
all desire to either drive the mule or hold the tiller. 

823. Wm. Henry Harrison. 

823. James A. Garfield served in this capacity in Hiram 



2fe. 



Colle^ 

824. General Garfield, at Paintville, Ky. He was colonel 
at that time. 

835. Washington and Jeffbrson made many a joke; Van 
Buren had trouble plenty to find ; poor bank-notes let Johnson 
go home, greatly astonished. ( The initial letter of each word 
m order is the initial of each name in order.) 



178 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

826. Seven. John Jay, 1789 to 1795; John Rutledge, 
179510 1795; OHver Ellsworth, 179610 1801; John Marshall, 
1801 to 1835; Roger B. Taney, 1836 to 1864; Salmon P. 

Chase, 1864 to 1873; Morrison R. Waite, 1874 to . In 

1790 the supreme court consisted of a chief justice and five 
associates. In 1807, six associates. I^^ ^^37? tiight associates. 
In 1863, nine associates. The number of justices is frequently 
reduced by death or resignation but is soon filled, 

827. A general in active service receives $13,500 per annum 
for the first five years ; after five years' service ten per cent, is 
added; after ten years, twenty per cent; after fifteen years, 
thirty per cent; after twenty years, forty per cent. 

A lieutenant-general receives $11,000 per annum with the 
same additions as for general. 

A major-general receives $7,500 with the same additions as 
for general, and on retiring $5,625 for the first five years only. 

A brigadier- general receives $5,500 with same additions as 
for general, and $4,125 on retiring for first five years only. 

828. Any commissioned officer who has served thirty years 
as such may be retired on his own application at the discretion 
of the president. 

After forty years' service he many be placed on the retired 
list, unconditionally. 

After forty-five years' actual service, or sixty-two years of 
age is reached, an officer may be retired at the discretion of the 
president. 

The number of retired officers cannot exceed four hundred. 
The pay is fixed at seventy -five per cent, of the pa/ allotted 
to same officer in active service. 

829. Yes. He receives pay at the rate of eight cents per 
.mile. 

830. Thirteen dollars per month and rations. 

831. Yes. His pay increases to twenty-one dollars per 
month after twenty years' service. 



ANSWERS TO QUEER QUERi:.S. 



79 



832. Major-General George Washington, 1775 to 1783; 
Major-General Henry Knox, 1783 to 1784; Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel Josiah Harmer, 1788 to 1791; Major-General Arthur St. 
Clair, 1 79 1 to 1793; Major-General Anthony Wayne, 1793 
to 1796; Major-General James Wilkinson, 1796 to 179S; 
Lieiitenant-General George Washington, 179S to 1799; Major- 
General James Wilkinson, 1800 to 1S12; Major-General 
Henry Dearborn, iSi2to 1815; Major-General Jacob Brown, 
1815 to 182S; Major-General Alexander Macomb, 1828 to 
1841; Major-General Winfield Scott, 1841 to 1861; Major- 
General Geo. B. McClellan, 1861 to 1862; Major-General 
Henry W. Hallock, 1862 to 1864; Lieutenant-General U. S. 
Grant, 1864 to i866; General U. S. Grant, 1866 to 1869; 
General W. T. Sherman, 1869 to 

833. W. T. Sherman (1883). 

834. Senator Pendleton of Ohio. 

835. Garfield's mother. 

836. After reading it. 

837. There are nine. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 
N. Y; Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Mass; Gosport 
Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.; Kittery Navy Yard, Portsmoudi, 
N. H.; League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mare 
Island Navy Yard, San Francisco, CaL; New London Navy 
Yard (unfinished), New London, Ct.; Pensacola Navy Yard, 
Pensacola, Fla.; Washington City Navy Yard, Washington,' 

838. At Annapolis, Md. 

S39. We can have but one general. Who is he? 

840. But one under the present law. 

841. We are limited by law to three. At present they are 
Winfield S. Hancock, John M. Scofield and Irvin McDowell. 

842. Limited by law to six. 

843. The vote cast by the people. 

844. Double the number of the congress, add the product 



l8o UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

to 1789, the result will be the year in which congress closed. 

845. Subtract 1789 from the given year; if the remainder 
is an even number, one half of it will be the congress; if an 
odd number add one to the remainder and divide by two. 

846. I. Made cotton raising profitable. 

2. Increased the amount of cotton raised. 

3. Made a demand for good strong laborers. 

4. Made slavery a permanent institution. 

5. Increased hatred between North and South. 

6. Made the South rich. 

7. Crowned cotton king of products. 

847. U. S. Grant but forty-seven when inaugurated. The 
average age of presidents when inaugurated is fifty-seven 
years. 




WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. . l8l 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. 



No teacher can successfully teach history without constant 
reviews. The author advises one or two of these questions 
reviewed daily. The pupil should write upon a given number 
at such times as the teacher may select. This written work may 
be considered as an examination iuid due record of it entered 
in the book kept for this purpose. The questions are framed 
just as they should be used, but may he altered by the teacher 
to suit the grade of the pupil or to comply with the author 
used. Such directions are given as are thought needful from 
time to time. 

1. How many and what periods (epochs) in United States 
History? 

2. Write the names of the periods and the date of begin- 
ning and ending of each. 

Thus; Period of Disco ver}' 1492 to 1607. 

" " etc. 

3. Trace Columbus from Genoa to Madrid on his first re- 
turn. (Use the form given in the text.) 

4. Write a brief account of Columbus's last three voyages. 

5. Write the form for the three great discoveries from 
memory. 

6. Name the Spanish discoveries, and tell what important 
thing each one did. 

7. Tell all you can about De Soto. 

S. Make a list of places discovered, and tell why each was 
so called. 

9. Write a short sketch of Columbus. 

10. Write the form for the claims. 

11. Tell what you can about the Mound-builders. 



iSz UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

13. Tell what you can about the early Icelandic and Noise 
expeditions. 

13. Tell of the misfortunes of Columbus. Of the trans- 
portation of his remains and their burial. 

14. Why was America so called. What nations made dis- 
coveries in America? 

15. Tell all you can about Sir Walter Raleigh. 

16. Write the form for the Spanish discoveries. 

17. Write the form for the English discoveries. 

18. Write the form for the Dutch and French discoveries. 

19. Write the form for the discoveries of nations. 

20. Tell all about Magellan. 

21. What part of the United States did the several nations 
claim? Explain for each. 

23. Describe an Indian. 

23. Tell why each nation claimed a certain part rather 
than the whole of the country. 

24. By what right does a nation lay claim to the territory 
of a country? 

25. Tell the story of De i^eon and the Fountain of Youth. 

26. Who was the first circumnavigator of the globe? The 
second? Where did each make the voyage? 

27. What territory was granted to the London Company? 
To the Plymouth? 

28. What and where was Acadia? New Albion? New 
Netherlands? New France? 

29. The conflicting claims in America would probably lead 
to what? 

30. Write the outlines (blackboard form) for the study of 
each of the thirteen colonies. 

31. In turn write the short form for eacn colony, 

32. Write a sketch of Balboa. 

33. Tell all about Pocahontas. 

34. Write all you can concerning Nathaniel Bacon. 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. 183 

35. Tell of the Pilgrims. The Puritans. 

36. Write of the two Indian massacres in Virginia. 

37. Write the history of Bacon's Rebellion. Also of King 
Philip's War. 

38. Tell of Verrazani and Cartier. 

39. Write about the starving time. 

40. Trace the Pilgrims in their wanderings to America. 

41. Write the outline for New Hampshire. 

42. Tell about Roger Williams. 

43. Tell of the Salem Witchcraft. 

44- Who was Anne Hutchinson? Thos. Hooker? Miles 
Standish? John Endicott? John Carver? 

45. Tell all about the Pequod War. 

46. Tell of the tyranny of Edmund Andros. 

47. Tell the story of the Charter Oak. 

48. What was the House of Burgesses? 

49. When and where was the firs'; permanent English set- 
tlement made? The first Spanish? By the Dutch? 

50. When did Virginia become a Royal Province? Mas- 
sachusetts? New Hampshire? New York? 

51. Tell of the Dulch settlements in New York. 

52. Tell of the early settlement of New Jersey. Also of 
Connecticut. 

53. Who were the Quakers? The Baptists? 

54. How was the settlement of Pennsylvania different from 
the other colonies? 

5=^. Give a good sketch of the Balti mores. 

56. Tell of Oglethorpe. 

57. Make neat list of the thirteen colonies, and opposite 
each put name of place first settled in each. 

In a third column put date of each settlement. 
In a fourth column put name of leader opposite each colony. 
In a fifth column put date for the time each became n Royal 
Province. (Which never became a Royal Province?) 



184 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

58. Name all the wars of the colonies. 

59. What religious denominations were found in the colo- 
nies? Make a neat list of them. 

59. Name the intercolonial wars, and the treaty of each. 

60. Give cause and gain of each war. 

61. Give date of beginning and ending of each war. 

62. Which was the most important of these four wars? 
Why? 

63. Abbreviate the names of the thirteen colonies, and give 
nickname of each. 

64. What is a Commercial Corporation? Royal Province? 
Proprietary Government? Voluntary Association? 

65. Which colonies became Royal Provinces? 

66. Give full account of Braddock's defeat. 

67. Tell of the capture of Loulsburg. 

68. Give sketch of General Wolfe. 

69. Write the great leading cause of the Revolution. Also 
form for the same. 

70. Tell the story of the Boston Tea Party. 

71. Write a good sketch of Ethan Allen. 

72. Tell all about " Old Put." 

73. What w^as the first and the last battle of the Revolution ? 

74. Tell what Burgoyne and Clinton tried to do in 1777. 

75. Tell all about the surrender at Saratoga. 

76. Give full account of the battle of Long Island. 

77. Who was the great American traitor? Tell of his 
treason. 

78. What did we gain by the Revolution? 

79. Tell of the Wyoming and Cherry Valley massacres. 

80. Write outline for 1775. 

81. Write of the siege of Boston. Charleston. 

82. What were the provisions of the treaty of Paris? 

83. Tell of the Articles of Confederation. 

84. Tell of the Stars and Stripes. 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. lb'5 

85. Write a sketch of Washington as a general. 

86. Write a sketch of Gates and Greene. 

87. Tell of the French Alliance and La Fayette. 

88. Write a sketch of the battle of Bunker Hill. 

89. Tell all about the Declaration of Independence. 

90. Write an account of the battle of Brandy wine; Ger- 
mantown; Monmouth; Princeton and Eutaw Springs. 

91. Write the outline for Washington's Administration. 

92. Tell of the financial troubles during the Revolutionary 
time. 

93. Tell of the whisky insurrection. 

94. Who composed Washington's Cabmet? Who com- 
pose the cabinet now? 

95. Make outline for the branches of our government. 

96. Tell of Citizen Genet and our government. 

97. Tell all about Eli Whitney and the cotton gin. 

98. What is meant by the Alien and Sedition laws. 

99. What States were admitted while Washington was 
president? Give dates. 

100. Write outline for John Adams's Administration. 

1 01. Tell of Washington's death. 

I03. What is meant by the Reprisal act? 

103. Write outline for Jefferson's xVdministration. 

104. Give a sketch of Tripolitan War. 

105. Tell all about the Burr-Hamilton duel. 

106. What is meant by the Embargo act? 

107. What States are included in the Northwest Terri- 
tory ? 

108. Write outline for Madison's Administration. 

109. What is meant by the Non-Intercourse act? 
11(3. Tell of the battle of Tippecanoe. 

111. What is meant by the affair of the Little Belt? 

112. Describe the action at Frenchtown. 

113. Tell all about Perry's victory. 



l86 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

114. How many armies were organized in 1813? Give 
their location. 

115. Describe the battle of Lundy's Lane. 

116. Tell of the battle of New Orleans. 

117. Give sketch of Jefferson. 

118. Write outline for Monroe's Administration. 

119. Make list of States admitted from 1789 to 1835. 

120. What is meant by the Monroe Doctrine? 
13 1. Tell all about La Fayette's visit. 

133. Give the call^5e of the war of 181 3. 

123. Write form for Adams's Administration. 

134. Give sketch of the early railroads. 

135. What is meant by a protective tariff? 

136. Give full account of the siege of Savannah. (Revolu- 
tion.) 

137. Trace Washington through the war of the Revolution. 

138. Tell of our war with Algiers. 

139. Write outline for Jackson's administration. 

130. Tell of Jackson's veto. 

131. Write a history of Black Hawk's War. 
133. What is meant by S. C. Nullification? 

133. Write list of presidents to this date (1S37) and give 
dates of inauguration for each. 

134. Write outline for Van Buren's Administration. 

135. What is meant by the "Panic of '37"? 

136. Give history of the Patriot War. 

137. What was the nature of the sub-treasury bill? 

138. Write outline for Harrison's Administration. 

139. Tell all about Dorr's rebellion. 

140. Tell of Howe and his sewing-machine. 

141. Give history of the telegraph. 
143. Tell of the Mormon troubles. 

143. Make list of States admitted from 1789 to 1845 with 
dates. 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. 1 87 

144. Write outline for Polk's Administration. 

145. What caused the Mexican War? What was gained 
by it ? 

146. Tell all you can about the Smithsonian Institute. 

147. Describe the battle of Monterey. 

148. What did we pay in our compromise for Texas? 
Florida? Louisiana? Gadsden Purchase? 

149. Trace Taylor through his campaign. (See model.) 

150. Write outine for Taylor's Administration. 

151. Tell all about the discovery of gold in California. 

152. Write a sketch of Clay and Webster. 

153. Write outline of Pierce's Administration. 

154. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Also the Kan- 
sas struggle. 

155. Write outline of Buchanan's Administration. 

156. Write the history of the Dred Scott decision. 

157. Give the history of the Atlantic Cable. 

158. Write a brief account of John Brown's raid. 

159. Make out list of States admitted from 1789 to 1861. 

160. Write outline for causes of the Civil War. 

161. Outline events for 1S61. Also for 1863. 

162. Tell about the Emancipation Proclamation. 

163. Write a sketch of the battle of Gettysburg. 

1 64. Write a sketch of the siege of Vicksburg. 
1^5. Write about Lee's surrender. 

166. Wiite the account of Lincoln's assassination. 

167. Write outline for Johnson's Administration. 

168. What is the import of the Fourteenth Amendment? 
The Fifteenth? 

169. What is the nature of the tenure of office bill? 

170. Give an account of the impeachment trial 

171. Write outline for Grant's Administration. 

173. What is meant by Black Friday? Alabama Claims? 
Geneva Arbitration? Credit Mobilier? Salary Grab? Patrons 



l8S UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

of Husbandry? Resiniiptioii Act? Electoral Commission? 

172. Write a note about the Chicago fire. Also of the 
Boston fire. 

173. Write a sketch of the Centennial. 

174. Write a sketch of Charles Sumner. 

175. Write a sketch of Custer's defeat. 

176. Write outline for Hayes's Administration. 

177. Write a sketch of W. C. Bryant. 

178. Write a sketch of the Negro Exodus. 

179. Write a sketch of the yellow fever and its ravages. 

180. Write outline for Garfield's Administration. 

181. What is meant by the Star Route trial? 

182. Give a sketch of Yorktown Celebration. 

I S3. Write complete list of the presidents, giving name in 
full. 

184. Write a list of the w^ars from 1789 to the present. 

1 85. What wars were closed with a treaty? 

186. When did we become a nation? 

187. What forms of government have we had since 1607? 

188. Write list of States with dates admitted since 1789 
Lengthy reviews should be written out on paper and handed 

to the teacher for correction or exchanged with members of 
the class. 

189. Make list of presidents and in a second column tell 
what party elected each. 

190. Write a sketch of Lincoln, b. Douglass, c. Seward, 
d. Davis (Jefferson), e. Jackson (Stonewall), f Grant, g. 
McClellan. h. Greeley, i. Sherman, j. Hayes, k. Garfield. 
1. Daniel Webster. (Teacher will add to this list at dis- 
cretion.) 

191. Bound the territory obtained by the Louisina Purchase. 
By the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo. By the Gadsden 
Purchase. By the Northwest Territory. 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. 189 

193. How do you account for so many French names along 
the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes? 

193. Do you believe the U. S. made a profitable investment 
in the purchase of Alaska? Give reasons. 

194. What are some of the advantages a citizen of the U. S. 
possesses over a citizen of England? 

195. Outline the Mexican War for study. 

Note. — We give an outline of the Rebellion as suggestive 
model for this kind of work. 

1. United States History. 

2. The Rebellion. 

3. Cause of Rebellion. 

1st. Free trade. The South advocating_/>^^ trade and the 
North a protective tariff. 

3d. Slavery, a. The pi:ofit derived from the slave trade 
and slave labor in the South, b. Its opposition by the North, 
c. Missouri Compromise, d. The Omnibus Bill. e. John 
Brown's Raid. f. Publication of sectional literature, g. The 
admission of Kansas. 

3d. The geographical position of the two countries, a. 
Their interests in direct opposition in many cases, b. Re- 
stricted communication, c. The social status of the two 
countries, d. Educational provisions widely different. 

Such an outline ot causes is comprehensive and serves to 
give a good idea of topical analyses. 

196. Name the important political events of Hayes's Ad- 
ministration. 

197. Make list of prominent explorers and give nationality 
of each. 

198. Give history of formation and adoption of our consti- 
tution. 

199. Outline the powers of congress, as given by the 
constitution. 



IQO UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

200. What were the purposes of the Articles of Confeder- 

alion of 1777^ 

201. How was slavery first introduced into this country? 
203. Search everything at hand and make up a neat Hst of 

the names of present Indian tribes in the U. S. Tell where 
each tribe resides. 

203. Why were the Quakers persecuted? Give account of 
Witchcraft delusion. 

204. What was the Stamp Act of 1765, and where first 
formally resisted? 

205. What led to the capture of the city of Washington in 

1814? 

206. When and by what body was Washington first ap- 
pointed commander-in-chief? Who nominated him? 

207. Give two prominent events of Monroe's Adminis- 
tration. 

208. For what was Jackson distinguished as a president? 

209. What government has the District of Columbia, and 
what representation, if any, in the U. S. Congress? 

210. What made the United States constitution a necessity 
in 1789? 

211. Who was Marquette? What explorations did he 

make? 

2X2. How and when was Maryland settled? 

213. Name the rebellions that have occurred in our history. 

214. What was the first colonial congress? What colonies 
composed the New England settlements? 

215. What was meant by the Navigation Acts? 

216. Who were the Jesuit missionaries? 

217. Tell the story of Major Andre. 

218. What was the Dorr Rebellion? 

219. Tell about the construction of the Erie Canal? 

220. Explain the Fugitive Slave Act. 

321. What is meant by a veto? Tell of one. 



WRITTEN AND ORAL REVIEWS. lOi 

322. Give the meaning of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and 
Fifteenth Amendments. 

223. We have paid $62,700,000 for lands acquired; name 
"pieces" purchased and price paid for each. Is the sum 
correct ? 

224. Wiite a column of the dates of the purchases made in 
clironolo<a,"ical order. 

225. Explain what is meant by a homestead. A com- 
monwealth. 

226. What is a Sanitary Fair? A Christian Commission? 

227. Tell of the W^orld's Fair. The American Centennial. 

228. Tell of the " underground railroad." Is it operated 
now? 

229. What are the functions of the Department of the 
Interior? 

230. What was the Wilmot Proviso? The Free-Soil Party? 

231. Tell all about the discovery of petroleum and of its 
use and value. 

232. Explain the money panic of 1S73. 

233. What is meant by Civil Service Reform? 

234. Explain the movement of the center of population. 

235. Is our government a monarchy, an aristocracy or a 
democracy. 

236. What is meant by a declaration of war? A prisoner 
of war? A siege? A privateer? A war prize? A truce? 
A treaty? A blockade? Contraband of war? 




192 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



METHODS OF OUTLINING. 



There are many forms for outlining United States history, 
and each of these has possibly some advantages over others. 
The teacher should select that which seems simplest and at 
the same time requires the least labor on the part of his pupils. 

A fevsr forms are appended as suggestive to the young 
teacher and such as may be used to vary outlines most used. 
"Variety is the spice of life." "Spice" your history work. 

Period of Discoveries, 
blackboard outline. 



The Northmen 


in America. 


a. Where t" 


rom ? 


b. Why no 


> records? 


Spanish. 
French. J 
English. 
Dutch. 


a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
e. 


Discoverers. 

Discovery. 

Time. 

Claims. 

Settlements. 



American Indians. 



a. Numbers and mode of living. 

b. Troubles with whites. 

c. Claims to the soil. 





Colonial Period. 


I. 


Vir. 


r 


2., 


Mass. 


! a. Form of Government. 


3- 


N. H. 


b. When ) 


4- 


R. I. 


c. Where I Settled ? 


5- 


Conn. 


I d. By whom ) 



METHODS OF OUTLINING. 



193 



BLACKBOARD FORM — CONTINUED. 

6.N.Y., ^_ 



7. N.J. 

8. Penn. 

9. Del. 

10. Md. 

11. N. C. 
13. S. C. 
13. Ga. 



Relij^ioiis. 

f. Political. 

g. Indian, 
h. Education. 

i. Noted Persons, 
j. Other Facts. 



Troubles. 



King William's. 
Queen Anne's. 
King George's. 
French and Indian. 



Wars. 

r 



-{ 



a. Cause. 

b. Date. 

c. Battles. 

d. Results. 

e. Treaty. 



The preceding will serve to illustrate one method of out- 
lining the Discovery and the Colonial Periods. For battles 
and events some such form as the following might be used : 

Operations of 1775. 

1. Lexington. 

a. Date. 

b. Commanders, Results. 

2. Ticonderoga. 

a. Commanders. 

b. Results. 

3. Bunker Hill. 

a. Date. 

b. Commanders. 

c. Results. 

4. Other events. 

The above will serve as a model for other dates of the 
Revolution. 

Washington's Administration. 
I. Election. •• 

a. By what Party? 
13 



94 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



2. Important Facts. 

a. Departments and Duty of Each. 

b. Revenue. 

c. Whisky RebeUion. 

d. Citizen Genet. 

e. Seat of Government. 

f. States Admitted. 

In the same manner the following administration might be 
outlined. It will be noticed that but few dates are necessary 
to be remembered. 

A form in use by many of our best teachers is here presented. 



Jeffer: 



Term of Office, 1801 to 1809. 
{ Date. 
I Parties. 



Election. 



Changes. 



Alien and Sedition 
Laws Repealed. 

SArmy. 
Navy. 
Internal Revenue. 
Patronage. 



Territory. 



Addition of Ohio 1802 

Reason 
La. Purchase 



Foreign. 



Miscellaneous 



France 

and 
England 



Fr. 
^ Am. 
Price, 

$15,000,000. 
Constitut'iity. 
^ Importance. 
Tripoli. 
Blockade. 
Embargo Act. 
Right of Search. 
Orders in Council. 
Milan Decree. 



Hamilton Killed, 1804. 
Steamboat, Cloi'mont. 
Burr's Conspiracy. 



METHODS OF OUTLINING. 



'95 



It Will be noticed that while this for,„ gives a prettv thor 
o.^J. ana,ys,s ,t .-e^ua-es too much space^fo,- blacUbo.d ::. 

These analyses might be carneH f-r. u- i 

1 ^ t, ^*- uc caiiiea to biogranhv anr fh^r^ 

h,sto 3 We should constantly keep so,„e important person 
age before the class for review. We cannot earn t oTch 
concerning the actions of noble men and women 




UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. 



N'oTE. — The thirteen original colonies have been outlined 
in the settlement period. 

BLACKBOARD FORM. 

^, ( 1724 — Brattleboro. 

Vermont, \ ,^7^__Government. 

1791- I 1791— Admitted. 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 

Note. — Owing to the fact that our school histories give 
but short sketches (in some cases none) of the individual Slates 
it is thought best to present the matter in the shape of ques- 
tions and answers. Teachers should call the attention of their 
pupils to these outlines and require at least a brief notice of 
the early settlement of each State. 

1. From what does Vermont derive its name? Ans. From 
two words, vcrd, green and mont, mountain. 

2. What two States claimed Vermont? Ans. At first New 
Hampshire claimed it, and afterward New York. 

3. " What did Vermont pay for itself ?" Ans. Vermont 
paid New York $30,000 for her claims before it could be ad- 
mitted into the Union. 

4. Who were the Green Mountain Boys? Ans. The 
soldiers of Vermont were so called during the Revolution. 

5. Has Vermont furnished a president of the United States? 
If so, give his name. 

6. What is meant by the New Hampshire Grants? Ans. 
All the territory lying between New Hampsliire and New 
York was so called, owing to the New Hampshire claims. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. 



97 



Kentucky \ ^77^~J'^'^^^ Harrod. 
^^ 1 i ^775 — Boonsborough. 

W92- I iyc)3 — Admitted. 

7. Who built the first house in Kentucky? Ans. In 1774 
James Harrod built the first log hut in Kentucky at what is 
now Hanodsburg. 

8. Who built the first fort? x\ns. Daniel Boone built the 
first fort at Boonsborough in 1775. 

9. What is the Indian meaning of Kan-tuck-kee? Ans. 
" The dark and bloody ground." 

10. Has Kentucky furnished a president of the United 
States? If so, giye name. 

rp ( i7';6 — Fort London, 

lennessee, ) 'A^ ^ , ,. 

1 706 1 1785— Frankhn. 

79«- ( 1796— Admitted. 

11. Where was the first settlement made in Tennessee? 
Ans. The first permanent settlement was made at Fort Lon- 
don, in 1756. This was about thirty miles aboye Knoxyille, 
on the Tennessee River. 

12. What is meant by the State of Franklin? Ans. In 
1785 the people, became dissatisfied with the rule of North 
Carolina, by which they were goyerned, and organized an 
independent goyernment, which they maintained until 1788 
when it was again united with North Carolina. 

13. What is the meaning of the Indian name Tann-as-see? 
Ans. " The riyer of the big bend." 

14. What became of Daniel Boone? Ans. He emigrated 
from Kentucky to Missouri and died atCharette, Sept. 26, 1820. 

15. Where did Daniel Boone and the early settlers of Ken- 
tucky get their salt? Ans. At Blue Licks, same state. How 
did they sejDarate it from the water? 



. ( 1 7S8— Marietta. 

Ohio, ) 'n ^. • 

^ < 1709 — Cincinnati. 

^ ( 1803 — Admitted. 



ig8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. , 

i6. Who made the first permanent settlement in Ohio? 
Ans. General Rufus Putnam led the first settlers to Ohio in 
1788. They came from Massachusetts and settled at Marietta. 

17. What capitals has Ohio had? Ans. Chillicothe was 
the capital from iSoo to 1810; Zanesville, from iSio to 1S12; 
Chillicothe, from i8i3 to 1816; the seat of government was 
removed from Chillicothe to Columbus in 1S16. 

18. What was Cincinnati once called? Ans. Fort Wash- 
ington. Cincinnati was also called Losanteville. 

19. When did the first steamboat pass down the Ohio? 
Ans. The " Orleans" passed down the Ohio in 181 1. It was 
built at Pittsburg. 

20. When was the Northwest Territory organized? Ans. 
In 1787. It included the present States of Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. 

-r . . ( i6qq — Bilox 

Louisiana, \ ^^Z, xt r^ 1 

^ ' J 1718 — New Orleans 

1^12. I 1812— Admitted. 

21. When and where was the first permanent settlement 
made in Louisiana? Ans. In 1718, at New Orleans. Biloxi 
had been settled by Iberville in 1699 and this opened the way 
to settlement in the Territory of Louisiana. 

22. When was the American flag first hoisted in the village 
of New Orleans? Ans. In 1803. 

23. What noted public works at the mouth of the Missis- 
sippi River? Ans. Eads's Jetties, which enable ocean steamers 
to ascend the river to New Orleans. Describe them. 

24. What did Jeflferson regard as the greatest act of his ad- 
ministration? Ans. The purchase of Louisiana in 1803. 

25. For whom was Louisiana named? Ans. For 
French King Louis XIV., bv La Salle. 

T ,. ( 1703 — ^Vincennes. 

Indiana, \ ,8iQ-Indianapolis. 
^^^^' 18 16— Admitted. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. igg 

26. When was the first settlement made in Indiana? Ans. 
It is not known. The earliest settlement authenticated was 
that of Vincennes in 1702. 

27. Who founded Indianapolis? Ans. John Pogue,in 1819. 

28. What president was once governor of Indiana Terri- 
tory? Ans. William Henry Harrison, of Tippecanoe fame. 

29. When did Indianapolis become the capital? Ans. In 
1825 the seat of government was removed from Corydon to 
this place. 

30. What is the origin of the term " Hoosier State"? 
Ans. The word Hoosier is a corruption of the word husher. 

Western term for a bully. 

Mississippi, \ 'f99-Biloxi. 

1S17 1 1716— Ft. Rosalie. 
'* f 1817— Admitted. 

31. Where was the first permanent settlement made in 
this State? Ans. At Biloxi by Iberville in 1699. 

32. When was Natchez founded? Ans. In 17 16 a fort 
called Rosalie was built on the present site of Natchez. 

33. What is the Indian word for Mississippi? Am, Mic/ie 
Sepe, and, translated, "Great River." Another authority 
gives it as "The Great Father of Waters." 

34. Why were the Natchez Indians supposed to be related 
to the tribes of Peru and Mexico? Ans. Bc^cause of their 
customs and habits, which were wery similar. 

35. What is the principle staple of Mississippi? Ans. 
Cotton. 

Illinois, \ i682_Kaskaskia 
00' \ 181 2 — Fort Dearborn. 
''''''• ( 18 1 8— Admitted. 

36. What places were probably settled as soon as Kaskas- 
kia? Ans. Peoria claims to have been settled first. It is 
admitted that Cabokia is of the same date as that of Kas- 
kaskia. 



200 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

37. What noted mines in Illinois? Ans. The Galena lead 
mines. 

38. What did the Mormons attempt to build at Nauvoo? 
Ans. They commenced to build a temple on a grand plan, 
but their troubles with the people and the authorities in 1844 
caused the suspension of this work. A part of the walls are 
still standing. 

39. What is the meaning of Illinois? Ans. The word is 
from the Delaware word loio^ leni., or ilijii^ meaning real, or 
superior men. The termination is of French origin. 

40. When was Illinois carved out of the Northwest Terri- 
tory as a separate territory? Ans. In 1809. 

Alabama, \ ■ /Sg-Mississippi. 
o \ 1017 — Separated. 

i^^9- I 1819— Admitted. 

41. Where was Alabama first settled? Ans. It was first 
settled at Mobile in 1711 by the French. That part of the 
Territory now known as Alabama and Missis^ppi was erected 
into the Territory of Mississippi in 179S. The separation 
took place in 1817, when the latter State was admitted into 
the Union. 

42. What did we pay Georgia for her claims to Alabama 
soil? Ans. In i8o3 we paid Georgia $1,350,000 for her 
claims to this soil. 

43. What is the meaning of Alabama? Ans. The mean- 
in*^ of the Indian word for Alabama is " Here we rest." 

o 

44. What is the nickname for a native of Alabama? Ans. 
The natives are called " Lizards." 

45. What singular vegetable production is found on the 
trees of Southern Alabama? Ans. A celebrated sea moss, 
which hangs pendant from the branches of trees in such 
masses as to darken the ground in some places. 

,, . ( 1632 — Monhes^an. 

Mame, \ ^00 iv/r V 4-<- 

o^ ' \ 1688 — Massachusetts. 

/ 1820 — Admitted. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. 30I 

46. Who first visited Maine? Ans. Bartiiolomew Gos- 
nold, in 1602; Martin Pring, in 1603; Del Monts, in 1604, 
and in 1605, Captain Weymouth. visited its shores. 

47. Who attempted the first settlement? Ans. George 
Popham. He abandoned his settlement in 1608. In 1623 
Monhegan vs^as settled. Saco was probably settled the same 
year. 

48. What colony ruled Maine for a number of years? 
Ans. Massachusetts governed this province at many diflcrent 
periods, until 16S8, when it remained sul)iect to Massachu- 
setts until its admission in 1820. 

49. What is the meaning of the word Maine? Ans. It 
means the main (mayne) land, and was first used to distin- 
guish the shore from the islands in the vicinity of the shore. 

50. How did King Philip affect the people of Maine in his 
war of 1675? Ans. The Indians of Maine being in sym- 
pathy with him, committed numerous murders, and destroyed 
many neighborhoods. 

Missouri, \ lySS-St- Genevieve. 
r. ' < 1764 — bt. L-ouis. 
^^2^- I 1821— Admitted. 

51. What nations made the first settlements in Missouri? 
Ans. The French. They settled St. Genevieve in 1755, as 
well as other places about the same time. 

52. How many houses were there in St. Louis in 1764? 
Ans. There were four dwellings and a store. The first steam- 
boat to visit this city was in 18 17. 

53. Why is Missouri so called? Ans. From the Indian 
name of a tribe which inhabited this State. 

54. What is one of the great land- marks of American his- 
tory? Ans. The Missouri Compromise. When was it 
passed and what was it? 

55. What is the Indian signification for Missouri? Ans. 
Muddy Water. 



203 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

,,. , . ( 1668— Sault vSt. Marie. 

Michigan, ) I ^01 -Detroit. 

^^37- I 1S37— Admitted. 

56. From what is the name derived? Ans. From two 
Chippewa words 77iitchi, great, and sawgyegan, hike, mean- 
ing great lake. 

57. Where was the first settlement made? Ans. Father 
Marquette founded Sault St. Marie in 1668. Detroit was 
founded by Cadillac in 1701. 

58. Has Michigan supplied a president ? 

59. What American hung out the white tablecloth at De- 
troit? Ans. General Hull, in War of 18 12. 

60. What is the nickname for natives of Michigan? 
Ans. They are called " Wolverines." 

. , ( 180^ — Louisiana. 

Arkansas, \ q r\ -a 

o ^ < 1 8 19 — Organized. 

^^30. j 1S36— Admitted. 

61. How do you pronounce Arkansas? Ans. It is author- 
ity to pronounce it Ar-kan-sah, accented on the first syllable; 
at least this is authorized by the authority of the State. Web- 
ster pronounces it as spelled, with the accent on the second 
syllable. 

63. When was this State organized from the Louisiana pur- 
chase. Ans. In 1S19 it was organized as a Territory and ad- 
mitted in 1836. 

63. Was Jackson president when Michigan was admitted? 

64. What are the people of Arkansas called? Ans. They 
are known as " Bears." 

65. What is a Creole? Ans. One born within or near the 
tropics is the usual sense, but it frequently applies to one born 
in the Southern States or the West Indies, of European par- 
ents. It never implies a degree of negro blood. 

Florida, \ '■5'^5-S'- Augustine. 



845- 



1696 — Pensacola. 
1845 — Admitted. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. 20^ 

66. Why was Florida SO called? Ans. Partly on account 
of its florid or flowery appearance and partly fiom the fact that 
it was discovered on Easter Sunday (Pascua Florida). 

66. What inscription did the Spaniards place upon the 
hanged Frenchmen? Ans. "Not as Frenchmen, but as 
heretics." 

67. How did the French retaliate? Ans. The French soon 
afterward avenged these murders by hanging the Spaniards 
on the same trees which bore the moldering bones of the 
murdered. Their inscription read, " Not as Spaniards, but as 
cut-throats and murderers." 

6S. What is the oldest settlement within the boundaries of 
the United States? Ans. The settlement at St. Augustine, 
made by the Spaniards in 1565, is the oldest one in the limits 
of the United States. 

69. What is the popular name for the natives of Florida? 
Ans. They are known by the appellation of " Fly-up-the- 
Creek," from a kind of bird which follows the windings of 
the streams when disturbed. 

70. What is the only State which has summer twelve 
months in the year? Ans. Florida. 

Texas, i 'f5-La Salle 



845- 



836 — Independent. 



845 — Admitted. 

71. What is the Lone Star State? Ans. Texas is so called 
from its single star found on the State seal. 

73. What were the first places settled in Texas? Ans. The 
first attempt at settlement was under the auspices of La Salle, 
at Matagorda Bay, in 1685. He called his stockade fort, 
St. Louis. The colony were soon dispersed by the French 
and finally a number of weak posts were established. Texas 
has had a varied history previous to its annexation to the 
United States in 1845. 

73. What is the only State in the Union which was once 



204 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

an Independent Republic? Ans. Texas was an Independent 
Republic from 1836 to 1845. 

74. What was the last official act of President Tyler? Ans. 
He signed the bill admitting Texas into the Union as a State. 

75. Who was the ' President of Texas." Ans. General 
Samuel Houston. 



J \ 1788 — Dubuque, 

iowa, ( i833_Burlington. 
1846— Admitted. 



846. 



76. What is the Indian meaning for Iowa? Ans. It is said 
to mean " This is the land," or " The beautiful land." 

77. Who first smoked the " Pipe of Peace" w^ith the In- 
dians of Iowa? Ans. Marquette and Joliet, in 1673. 

78. What are natives of Iowa called? Ans. They are 
called " Hawkeyes." 

79. Which is the " Turpentine State?" Ans. North Car- 
olina is so called from the quantities of tar and turpentine pro- 
duced. 

So. The northern boundary of what States and Territory 
are exactly midway between the Equator and the North Pole? 
Ans. The northern boundaries of New York, Vermont 
and Wyoming. The same is true of the National Park. 

,,7.. . ( 1640 — Prairie du Chien 

Wisconsm, \ ^^^r. r^ .-..., .;..,! 



1848. 



1836 — Organized. 
1848 — Admitted. 



81. What is the the origin of the word Wisconsin? Ans. 
The name of the State is adopted from that of its principal 
river which the French spelled Onisconsi7i. It is said to 
mean " Wild rushing river." 

82. What does Prairie du Chien mean? Ans. This word 
means "Dog-prairie." 

83. Who are called " Badgers "? Ans. The inhabitants of 
Wisconsin are so called. 



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205 



84. What was Joe Smith's " Urim and Thummim " ? Ai:s. 
Two transparent stones with which he pietended to read the 
inscription on the golden plates discovered with them. 

85. Has Wisconsin furnished a president? If so, whom? 

^ ,.r . ( 1768 — San Dieo^o. 
California, ] ' o -i^ • 

r. ^ -l 1770 — oan Jb rancisco. 

^^50- ( 1850— Admitted. 

86. Why so called? Ans. The word California first oc- 
curs in the writings of Bernal Diaz del Castillo, an officer 
who served under Cortez in the conquest of Mexico. This 
writer limits the name to a single bay. 

87. What was Col. Sutter doing when his laborer disco ve- 
ered gold? Ans. He was digging a mill-race and the shining 
particles were noticed by Mr. Marshall. 

8S. Why did not California furnish troops in the late Civil 
War? Ans. Because of her isolated locality, there being no 
railroads across the mountains. 

89. Why is this called the " Golden State "? Ans. On ac- 
count of its great production of the precious metals. 

90. What is the motto of California? Ans. Eureka,"! 
have found it." 

( 180S— Col. Pike.- 
Minnesota, ,84^_o,ganized. 

^^5^- ( 1858— Admitted. 

91. When was Minnesota explored? Ans. In 1805 Pike 
and others explored the Father of Waters to its source. 

92. Who are called the " Gophers " ? Ans. The inhabit- 
ants of Minnesota. 

93. What is the meaning of Minnesota? Ans. The In- 
dian meaning is " Cloudy Water." 

94. Who led the Indians in the massacre of 1862? Ans. 
Little Crow. 

95. Who named the Falls of St. Anthony? Ans. Louis 
Hennepin, in 1680. 



206 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

Oregon, ( i792-Capt. Gray. 

& ' J 1811 — Astoria. 

^^^* ( 1859— Admitted. 

96. When was Oregon first explored? Ans. Captain 
Robert Gray, of Boston, entered a large river which he named 
Columbia, in honor of his vessel. This was in 1792. 

97. Why was Astoria so called? Ans. In honor of John 
Jacob Astor, a wealthy merchant of New York, and leading 
member of the Pacific Fur Company. 

98. What is the *' State of hard cases"? Ans. Oregon is 
so designated. 

99. What is the motto of Oregon? Ans. "The Union." 

100. Who was Captain Jack? Ans. He was the Chief of 
the Modocs in the Modoc War in the Lava Beds in i873-'73. 

Kansas \ ^ 834 —Kansas-Nebraska. 
tS6t ' \ 1854— Kansas Struggle. 
^^^^' I 1861— Admitted. 

101. What is meant by the Kansas-Nebraska bill? Ans. 
It was a bill passed by congress allowing these States to elect 
whether they be admitted as slave States or not. 

102. What was the Kansas struggle? Ans. A struggle to 
make it a slave State on one hand and to prevent this on the 
other. 

103. What became of John Brown, of Kimsas fame? Ans. 
He was hanged at Harper's Ferr\', Dec. 2, 1859. 

104. What is the "Northern Wonderland"? Ans. The 
National Park, set apart by the National Government for " a 
perpetual reservation for the benefit and enjoyment of the 
people." 

105. What is the "Garden of the West"? Ans. Kansas 

is so called. 

A17- 4. T7- • • ( 1861 — Clarksburs:. 
West Virgmia, ) ^^^^ AAru_i;„^'' 



863. 



861 — Wheeling. 
1863— Admitted. 



INDIVIDUAL STATES. 207 

1 06. How was the State of West Virginia organized? 
Ans. About twelve hundred voters met at Clarksburg in 
April, 1 86 1, and passed resolutions denouncing the action of 
the Legislature in passing the Secession ordinance. This 
meeting also recommended a meeting of delegates to meet at 
Wheeling. Twenty-five counties were represented at this 
meeting on May 13. Another meeting was held on May 20 
at Wheeling. This delegate convention elected a governor 
(Francis H. Pierpont) and "reorganized the State of Vir- 
ginia." 

107. What is the only instance of a State being constructed 
from the territory of another State? Ans. That of West 
Virginia from Virginia. 

108. What is the motto of West Virginia? Ans. ^^Mon- 
tani Semper Liberi^' "Mountaineers are always free." 

Nevada, \ 'f^S-Carson. 
1864. \ ^^49-(^old. 

T J 1864 — Admitted. 

109. Where and by whom was Nevada first settled? Ans. 
At Carson, Washoe and Eagle valleys, by the Mormons. 

no. What does Nevada mean? Ans. The meaning is 
" Snow-covered." 

111. What are its inhabitants called ? Ans. They are called 
" Miners,'* or « Diggers." 

Nebraska, \ '^54— Kansas Nebraska. 
1S67. i867_yetoed. 

' ( 1867— Admitted. 

1 12. How was Nebraska organized as a State? Ans. The 
provisions were the same as for the admission of Kansas, but 
as the South made no attempt to inLroduce slavery within its 
borders the disgraceful scenes of Kansas were not e!iacted. 

113. Why did Nebraska knock at Uncle Sam's door for 
admission as a State when it only had a population of a few 



3o8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

thousand? Aris. Her people desired to possess all the rights 
and privileges of the citizens of a State. 

114. Why did Johnson veto the hill for the admission of 
Nebraska.'' Ans. On the ground that the conditions were 
not as contained in the enabling act of April 19, 1864, passed 
especially for the admission of this Territory as a State, and on 
the ground that the Territory did not possess the required 
population. 

115. Who are the "Bug Eaters"? Ans. An inhabitant 
of Nebraska is so called. Are you a " Bug Eater " ? 

1x6. What is the meaning of Nebraska? Ans. "Water 
Valley." 

^ , , ( iSK2 — Gold. 

L/Oiorado, ) or r\ • j 

c^ ^ { 1 86 i^Organized. 

^^7^- \ 1876— Admitted. 

117. Who first visited Colorado? Ans. Vasquez Coronado 
visited this part of the United States about 1540. 

118. What is the popular name for Colorado? Ans. The 
" Centennial State," or the " Silver " State. 

119. What tribe of Indians hold to their primitive State 
most closely and still refuse to have intercourse with either the 
red man or with the whites? Ans. The Comanche is now 
the only typical Indian. 




INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES. 209 



INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES. 

New Mexico. \ i5S2-Saata Fe 
I 1050 — Organized. 

I30. Who first visited New Mexico? Aiis. Espejo visited 
this territory in 1582 and founded Santa Fe. This was seven- 
teen years after the settlement at St. Augustine. 

121. How did this Territory come into the possession of the 
United States.^ Ans. General Kearney conquered it in 1846, 
and in 1848 it was ceded to tills government by the treaty of 
Guadaloupe Hidalgo. In 1850 it was organized as a Territory. 
The region lying south of the Gila was acquired Dec. 30, 
1853, under the title of the Gadsden Purchase and annexed to 
New Mexico by act of congress, Aug. 4, 1854. The Territory 
then contained, besides the region now within its limits, tlie 
whole of Arizona and a portion of Colorado and Nevada. 
New Mexico has knocked at " Uncle Sam's Door " several 
times but " he does not say come in." 

Uf.h J 1847-Salt Lake City. 
^^^^' I 1850— Organized. 

122. When and where was Utah first settled? Ans. In 
1847, ^^ ^^^^ Lake City, by the Mormons, under the leader- 
ship of Brigham Young. 

123. How was the Territory organized? Ans. In March, 
1849, a provisional government was organized knov/n as " the 
State of Deseret." This was superseded in 1850 by the 
organization of a territory called Utah (Sept. 9). Utah has 
frequently knocked at the National Door but " Uncle Sam " 
is not yet ready to open the door. 

124. Do any fish live in Salt Lake? Ans. No. A gallon 



2IO UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

of the water of this lake when condensed gives about a quart 
of salt. 

125. Who are the " Latter Day Saints "? Ans. The Mor- 
mons are so called. The sect was founded by Joseph Smith 
(born at Sharon, Vt., in 1805, and killed at Carthage, 111., in 
1844), who claimed to have visions at the age of thirteen. 
He claimed that the angel Moroni appeared to him on the 
night of Sept. 9, 1823, informing him that God had a work 
for him to do and that a record written upon golden plates, 
giving an account of the ancient inhabitants of America and 
of the dealings' of God with them, was deposited in a particu- 
lar place in the earth, and with the plates, two transparent 
stones in silver bows like spectacles, called the Urim and 
Thummim and by means of which the writing on the plates 
could be read. He declared that the angel of the Lord placed 
these plates, together with the Urim and Thummim, into his 
hands on Sept. 22, 1827. 

126. How did Smith pretend to read the writing on these 
plates? Ans. He sat behind a blanket stretched across the 
room and pretended to translate the hieroglyphics to Oliver 
Cowdery, who sat in front of the blanket and wrote what he 
dictated. This book was published in 1S30 and was called 
the "Book of Mormons," or "Golden Bible." 

127. Who do the Mormons call "the three witnesses"? 
Ans. Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris 
were so called as they had witnessed thus, " We declare with 
words of soberness that an angel of God came down from 
Heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes that we be- 
held and saw the pla'tes and the engravings thereon." All 
three of these witnesses afterward denounced Mormonism and 
declared it false and a base fabrication. — See the American 
Cyclopedia. 

,,7- , . , ( 184s — Tum water. 

Washmgton. \ oT r^ • j 

1853 — Organized. 



INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES. 211 

128. Where and when was Washington Territory first 
settled? Ans. At Tumwater, in 1845, by some families who 
had crossed the plains in wagons. 

129. How was the question of the possession of the islands 
in the Northwest of this Territory decided? Ans. Great 
Britain claimed the islands in Washington Sound, but this 
trouble was settled by leaving the question to the Emperor 
of Germany. He decided in favor of the United States, and 
in 1873, they were formed into tlie county of San Juan. 

Dakota, i 1859— Yankton. 
\ 1 86 1 — Organized. 

130. Of what was Dakota originally a part? Ans. Qf 
Minnesota, until 1849. 

131. Were there any people in this Territory when first 
settled? Ans. A large number of Indians were roaming 
over it, and a few French were here and there located for a 
time. 

-Tucson. 



( 1800— 
' I 1863-. 



Arizona. ^ o^ ^ .1 
Organized. 

32. How was the Territory organized? Ans. On Feb. 
24, 1863, congress organized Arizona by cutting its entire 
area from New Mexico. 

133. Has the settlement of Arizona a definite history? 
Ans. No. It was probably settled over a century since in 
vicinity of Tucson by the Spaniards. - 

Idaho \ 1S55— Boise City. 
( 1863 — Organized. 

134. What company first penetrated the wilds of Idaho? 
Ans. The Hudson Bay Fur Company first established trad- 
ing posts in Idaho. The dates of the first actual settlements 
in many of the Territories are not known to a certainty. 

TV4- ^ ( 186^ — Virginia City. 

Montana. { or r^ • j 

( 1864 — Organized. 



213 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

^35* Why was Montana organized so soon after its first 
settlement? Ans. Because of the rapid emigration to its 
gold mines, which were soon opened by the miners. 

Alaska i 1790— Kodiac. 
Alaska, -j i.^6y_Purchased. 

136. What power first owned Alaska? Ans. Russia first 
explored Alaska under the order of Peter the Great in 1728. 
This power established a government at Kodiac in 1790. 
The United States purchased the Territory of Russia in 1867 
for $7,200,000. 

_,^ . ( 1867 — Cheyenne. 

Wyoming, j ,868-Organized. 

137* What is the "youngest Territory"? Ans. Wyom- 
ing, not being organized until 1868, and not settled until the 
year before. 

138. What caused the settling of Wyoming? Ans. The 
building of the U. P. R. R. opened up the country to settlers. 

r 1 790 — Act of Congress. 

District of J iSoo — Seat of Government. 

Columbia. ] 1862 — Slavery. 

(^ 1871 — Organized. 

139. Who selected the site for the District of Columbia? 
Ans. Washington, in 1790. An act of congress passed June 
28, 1790, established the District of Columbia, or rather pro- 
vided for its organization. The clause is as follows: "That 
a district of territory on the river Potomac, at some place be- 
tween the mouths of the Eastern Branch and the Connoga- 
cheague, be, and the same is hereby accepted for the perma^ 
nent seat of government of the United States." Maryland 
had ceded sixty-four miles, called the county of Washington, 
in 1788, and Virginia had so given thirty-six miles, called the 
county of Alexandria, in 1789, to the United States govern- 
ment, but it was not accepted until 1790. 



INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES. 



213 



140. Why has the District but slxty-tbur square miles at 
the present time? Ans. Cong^ress ceded the thirty-six miles 
which Virginia had presented back to that commonwealth in 
1846. 

141. When was slavery abolished in the District of Co- 
lumbia? Ans. April 16, 1S62. 

143. Is Washington City incorporated? Ans. No. The 
charter was repealed in 1871. 

143. How was the District governed previous to 1871? 
Ans. It was governed directly by congress, having no repre- 
sentation in that body. 

144. Why do not the people of this District vote for presi- 
dent? Ans. Because it is a Territory. It became a Territory 
with one delegate in congress on June i, 1871. 




2 14- UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF STATES. 



It is sometimes a matter of interest to know the origin of 
the name of a certain State. We append a Hst of the States 
with the accepted version of the origin. The teacher should 
call the attention of his pupils to this list, and by questioning 
a little daily, endeavor to fix the origin of the most important 
names. 

Maine, from Mayiie-land. 

New Hampshire, from Hampshire^ England. 

Vermont, from verd (green) and mont (mountain). Lit- 
erally " Green Mountain." 

Massachusetts, from an Indian term, meaning '■'- Blue 
Hillsy Another source authorizes, " The place of great 
hillsr 

Rhode Island, from the Islaiid of Rhodes^ Mediter- 
ranean Sea, also '•'■Roodt Eylandt^'' red island. 

Connecticut, from an Indian word which means ^'- Long 
River:' 

New York, from the Duke of Tork^ England. 

New Jersey, from the Island of yersey^ coast of 
France. 

^Delaware, from De la IVar, at one time governor of 
Virginia. Lord Delaware. 

Pennsylvania, from Pen7z, and sylvi a, (woods) meaning 
" Penji's woods?'' 

Maryland, from ^ueen Henrietta Maria. 

Virginia, from the Virgin ^ueen^ Elizabeth. 

North Corolina, from Charles II., King of England. 
The Latin is " CarolusT 

South Carolina, same source. ^ 



ORIGIN OF THE NAMES OF STATES. 215 

Georgia, from George II., of England. 

Florida, from a Spanish word meaning flowering. An- 
other version has it that De Leon made the discovery of the 
peninsula on Easter Sunday, " Pasqua de Flores^'' and from 
this the name was derived. 

Alabama, from an Indian word meaning, " Here we 
rest:' 

Mississippi, from an Indian word which means " Great 
Father of Waters?' 

Louisiana, from Louis XIV.., King ot France. 

Texas, supposed to be of Mexican origin, but no authen- 
tic account is given. 

Arkansas, from an Indian tribe of the same name. 

Missouri, from an Indian word, meaning ^'' Muddy 
Waterr 

Tennessee, from an Indian word, meaning " River with 
a Great Bend.''' 

Kentucky, from an Indian word, meaning ''''Dark and 
Bloody Ground!" 

Illinois, from an Indian word, meaning " River of Men." 

Ohio, from an Indian word, meaning '•'' Beautiful River." 

Michigan, from an Indian word, meaning " Great Lakes." 

Wisconsin, from an Indian word, meaning " Gathering 
of the Waters!' 

Iowa, from an Indian word, meaning '•'•Drowsy Ones!' 

Minnesota, from an Indian word, meaning " Cloudy 
Water!' 

Kansas, from an Indian word, meaning '•'•Smoky Water." 

Nebraska, from an Indian word, meaning " Water 
Valley." 

Nevada, from a Spanish word, meaning " Snow Covered! 

Colorado, probably from the Spanish. 

California, from a character in an old Spanish romance. 

Oregon, from the Spanish Oregano, wild marjoram. 



2l6 



UNITED STATES HISTORY. 



West Virginia, same as Virginia. 

Indiana, from an Indian word, meaning " Indian 
Ground^ 

notes and queries. 

How many and what States have an Indian origin? 

VVliich are named for kings? 

Which for queens? 

Which for rivers? 

Which for a plant? 

Which name do you admire most, and why? 




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NAMES AND MOTTOES OF STATES. 



NAMES AND MOTTOES OF STATES. 



217 



United States — E Pluribus Unum; " One out of 
many." 

Alabama, no motto. 

Arkansas — Regnmit Popidl ; "The people rule." 

California — Eureka; " I have found it." 

Colorado — Nil sine Nunihie; " Nothing without God," 

Connecticut — ^ul transtullt^ Sustinet; "He who 
brought us over sustains us." 

Delaware — " Liberty and Independence." 

Florida — " In God we trust." 

Georgia — " Wisdom, Justice and Moderation." 

Illinois — " State Sovereignty, National Union." 

Indiana, no motto. 

Iowa — " Our liberties we prize, our rights we will main- 
tain." 

Kansas — Ad asfra per aspera; " To the stars through 
difficulties." 

Kentucky — "United we stand, divided we fall." 

Louisiana — " Union and Confidence." 

Maine — Dlrlgo; " I direct." 

Maryland — Crescite et niultipUcamini ; " Increase and 
multiply." 

Massachusetts — Ejise petit placidaui sub libei-taie 
quietem; " By the sword she seeks placid rest in liberty," or 
" Conquers a peace." 

Michigan — Taebor^ and Si quoeris peninsulam ajncenam 
circutnspice ; "I will defend." " If you seek a pleasant 
peninsula, look around you " 

Minnesota— Z'iS"/^//^ du Nord; " The star of the North." 



2l8 UNITED STATES HISTORY. 

Missouri — Salus pop7ili suprema lex esto; " Let the wel- 
fare of the people be the supreme law." 

Mississippi, no motto. 

Nebras^ka — "Equality before the law." 

New Hampshire, no motto. 

New Jersey — " Liberty and Independence." 

New York — Excelsior; " Higher." 

North Carolina, no motto. 

Nevada — Volens et pot ens ; " Willing and Able." 

Ohio — Imperiiim in imperio; " An empire in an em- 
pire." 

Oregon — Alls volat p7'opriis; " She flies with her own 
wings." 

Pennsylvania — " Virtue, Liberty and Independence. 

Rhode Island — " Hope." 

South Carolina — Anifnis opibusque pariti; " Ready 
in will and deed." 

Tennessee — "Agriculture, Commerce." 

Texas, no motto. 

Vermont — " Freedom and Unity." 

Virginia — Sic semper tyrrannis ; " So always with ty- 
rants." 

West Virginia — Montani semper liberi ; " Mountain- 
eers are always free." 

Wisconsin — Civilitas successit barbarian; "The civil- 
ized man succeeds the barbarous." 




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